Not Harry Potter, But It’ll Do
Available online for free, The Ickabog, accompanied by whimsical illustrations from children around the world, brings joy to lockdown
Life After Boris
Marina Wheeler on her new book, her broken marriage to Boris Johnson, and raising children who won’t speak to their father
A World Apart
Never-before-published photographs by Steve McCurry bring faraway places and cultures into radiant focus
Two Lovers
Sylvia Plath’s biographer uncovers the poems her husband, Ted Hughes, wrote for her after her tragic death
Léna in Paris
With the publication of a self-help book that is outselling classics, millennial influencer Léna Mahfouf casts herself as a French girl next door
A Day in the Life
On the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ breakup, early photographs capture the band on the cusp of fame
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
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
Gold Rush
Photographs celebrate the epic car chase in Goldfinger, set in scenic Switzerland and starring the late Sean Connery
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
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
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
Social Exposures
Camilla McGrath’s photographs of Jackie Kennedy, Mick Jagger, Carrie Fisher, Truman Capote, and others depict worlds colliding
(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
