Skip to Content

A Tale of Two Britains

New This Week

Roger Lewis reviews Douglas Murray’s biography of Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde’s lover, and Tom Burgis unravels a web of financial crime in Kleptopia, reviewed by Simon Nixon

Lockdown Pick-Me-Up

The deputy books editor at The Times of London recommends the best humorous volumes to take the edge off, including classics from Nora Ephron, Bill Bryson, and P. G. Wodehouse

Books and Bombs

The Best of Sedaris

An interview with David Sedaris about his preferences and peeves, on the occasion of his visit to the U.S.—and his new book

Margaret Atwood

The author of The Handmaid’s Tale is best known for her fiction, but she’s been a poet all her life. Here, she shares her favorites in the genre

Rocket Science

Gold Rush

Photographs celebrate the epic car chase in Goldfinger, set in scenic Switzerland and starring the late Sean Connery

A Mission from God

Five years in the making, a limited-edition three-volume collection zeroes in on the magic of the Sistine Chapel

Larger Than Life

The British explorer takes readers to Okavango Delta in Botswana, the majestic African elephant’s favorite watering hole

Out and About

Murder, They Wrote

William the Heir, Harry the Spare

(Box) Office Flop

A lavish short film starring WeWork C.E.O. Adam Neumann’s infamous wife, Rebekah, was a harbinger of things to come

Life on the Nile

Social Exposures

Camilla McGrath’s photographs of Jackie Kennedy, Mick Jagger, Carrie Fisher, Truman Capote, and others depict worlds colliding