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The King’s Reach

The True Crime That Started It All

When Menus Were the Main Event …

A delicious new book offers a visual history of menu design from 1800 to the present

Long Live the King

Ahead of his latest novel’s release, Stephen King divulges his writing routine and explains why social media is a “poison pill”

The Hidden Highsmith

A new documentary about the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley delves into the writer’s love life

Tales of Two Grifters

From Jared Kushner to an impostor M.I.5 agent, this week’s podcast has plenty of bad behavior—and more than a few laughs, thanks to Christopher Buckley

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

To step into J. R. R. Tolkien’s fantastical world for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel, the actress found common ground with her royal character

Catcher in the Wry

Eight questions with Christopher Buckley, ranging in subject from his comic pandemic novel and George Bush 41 to what his parents would have made of Trump

Some Strings Attached

The little-known story of a wartime British ambassador who appeased Adolf Hitler but saw the error of his ways

Moving Mountains

To Catch a Con

Rogue Agent dramatized one of the strangest criminal cases in recent British history. Its release helped lead to an international manhunt

Senses and Sensibility

From Beethoven to Bach, Handel to Homer, so many of the greats throughout history lacked the precise faculty their art required. What does it all mean?

Murder, They Wrote

This month in mystery books, sequels improve on their predecessors—plus a locked-room puzzle from John Dickson Carr, as thrilling now as when it was first published, in 1944

The Yellow and the Blue

Led by their American music director Hobart Earle, the Odessa Philharmonic flies Ukraine’s colors in Berlin

Biography of a Wallflower

Re-writing the History Books

In an interview, Maggie O’Farrell discusses how she resurrects women in her historical fiction

Holding Still

Songs in the Key of Life

Birkin’s Baggage

On the occasion of her new album, Jane Birkin looks back on old love

Owen Kline

The actor’s directorial debut, a film about a young cartoonist finding his way, reflects his own childhood spent studying comic books and haunting video stores

Eric Hanson’s Sketchbook

Smells Like Team Spirit

From Hollywood to Wales—a charming new documentary follows actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on their quest to revive Britain’s unluckiest football club

Is The Rehearsal the Strangest Show Ever?

Errol Morris stops by this week’s podcast to share his view

Weird Science

Are the people in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal knowing participants—or guinea pigs in a mad behavioral experiment?