(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
Music Man
With his nasty temper and squalid lifestyle, Beethoven was not an easy genius. Writing from the perspective of his lover, an author explores the appeal
Hilary Mantel
The author of the Cromwell trilogy recommends her favorite books on her favorite theme: royals
Meeting the Alien
In which the author is thrilled when he hears director Tim Burton wants him for a big part in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Divorcing, Revisited
Susan Taubes’s semi-autobiographical novel was published in 1969 to little acclaim. Its reissuing offers a chance to discover the cutting, long-forgotten gem
Sour Grapes
John Steinbeck’s biographer reveals the story of a friendship gone wrong when Joseph Campbell fell for Steinbeck’s wife Carol
Good Sport
Go for the game, stay for the crumpets: a new book surveys the storied, bucolic world of cricket
Dark Words
Why did Eleanor Roosevelt stand by the offensive term she used in her long-celebrated autobiography?
One for the Books
Heywood Hill, among the world’s most revered bookshops, is launching a somewhat unique literary prize
Hollywood Heartbreak
In which the star of My Best Friend’s Wedding forgets a dinner with Joan Collins and loses a “giant” role, all while trying to revive his career
Bruce Wagner’s Woke Universe
After his publisher balked at his use of a certain word, Hollywood’s master of satire posts his new novel online for free
Seeing Things
Seamus Heaney’s biographer looks at what makes a poet essential
Bringing Up Cary
The actor’s early years—he was born Archie Leach in Bristol, U.K.—stayed with him long after he became Cary Grant
Jane After Jann
25 years after the split of Jane and Jann Wenner, a close friend reflects on Jane’s stoic second act
The Home Front
To guide her through some of the world’s most dangerous places, the veteran war correspondent drew from a lifetime of her mom’s advice
Where Have All the Thinkers Gone?
Editors at Bloomberg and The Economist make the case for a 21st-century Hobbes to solve our coronavirus woes
