New York Minute Ernst Haas’s bright, blurry photographs capture the vibrancy and transience of a city on the move
An Empress in Code She was known for her three-hour hairstyling sessions, but Elizabeth of Austria also provided key, secret support to her husband, the Habsburg emperor
Yuval Noah Harari The author of Sapiens recommends three books for developing our sense of perspective
Back in the U.S.S.R. A new book peels back the Iron Curtain with nostalgic photographs of life in the Soviet Union
Doctors’ Orders The story of two pioneering women doctors and the London hospital they founded amid the turmoil of World War I
December 16, 2020
Short List What to read this week, from Roger Rosenblatt’s new essays to books on Venice and the origins of humankind
December 16, 2020
The Female Gaze Alongside a show at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery, a book re-evaluates the history of photography through the lens of the New Woman
Night and Day The centenarian Eddie Jaku, who survived Kristallnacht and Auschwitz, considers himself “the happiest man on Earth”
Hollywood Ending History forgot Arthur Calder-Marshall, the popular writer whose novel was picked up by Orson Welles. Now his grandson plays Welles in David Fincher’s Mank
December 9, 2020
AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2020 Music, film, history, and its bad boys: holiday reading for every type
December 9, 2020