October 29, 2022 – Air Mail

Horribli Familia

With the bombshell book The Courtiers and the new season of The Crown about to start, Stuart Heritage lays out the scandals, gripes, and problems with the world’s most well-known family …

Fawlty Tower

From New York City, William D. Cohan reports on why Ty Warner, the billionaire creator of Beanie Babies, has Bill Gates fuming over his refusal to open the still-shuttered Four Seasons Hotel …

Knife in the Pages

From France, Alexandra Marshall details the surprising and mystifying claims made by Emmanuelle Seigner, the wife of Roman Polanski, in her new book …

Inspector Gadget

From the Air Mail Tech and Gear Lab, Jonathan Margolis has a sound solution for music lovers as well as a new app that will have you looking to the heavens, and more …

The Perfect Ending

Christine Baranski, acclaimed actress and the star of The Good Fight, answers 49 of life’s most pressing questions …

The Fashion Crowd

Elena Clavarino catches up with Sabyasachi Mukherjee, the designer of choice for India’s super-wealthy and Priyanka Chopra, as he brings his singular style to Greenwich Village …

But, Wait, There’s More!

Rishi Sunak and his billionaire wife … a spellbinding new W.W. II drama … Would you drop $7K to go gray? … inside Bob Dylan’s new book … the chef behind New York’s newest place to be seen … Why is a German princess warring with McDonald’s? … Putin purges the plutocrats … and much more …

Issue No. 172

Behind the Palace Curtain A new season of The Crown, a scathing nonfiction account, the tell-all memoir from Prince Harry himself—there is no shortage of ways to take in the royal family, but none are flattering

By Stuart Heritage

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Gulag for the Glitterati The arrest of a socialite known to some as “Moscow’s Truman Capotski”—and the flight of Putin’s own goddaughter—signals a purge of the Kremlin-coddled plutocracy

By Andrew Ryvkin

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Billion-Dollar Babies When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window

By William D. Cohan

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The Power and the Tory He’s the youngest British prime minister of the modern era. She’s thought to be wealthier than King Charles. Meet the U.K.’s newest power couple

By Michael Ashcroft

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Burgher vs. Burger Running four profitable McDonald’s franchises in Germany is no fairy tale for Princess von Hessen, who accuses the fast-food chain of bizarre, McMafia-like scare tactics

By Oliver Moody

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Daddy Issues In her new memoir, Emmanuelle Seigner attempts to re-frame her husband, Roman Polanski, as a doting spouse and father. But even the French aren’t buying it

By Alexandra Marshall

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Our Favorite Things Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán, the husband-and-wife partners behind the design guide Patina Modern, have transformed six run-down properties into warm, timeless homes. In our latest Guest Edit, the interiors enthusiasts reveal their favorite finds of the moment

By Chris Mitchell & Pilar Guzman

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Photo: Andrea Chu (Mitchell and Guzmán)

Sound and Vision A new way to amplify your life’s soundtrack; the Mercedes of vacuum cleaners; a stargazing app for skeptics; and more

By Jonathan Margolis

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Silver Vixens From Jane Fonda to Andie MacDowell, gray hair is taking over Hollywood, all thanks to one ambitious colorist who charges as much as $10,000 a head

By Anna Murphy

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The Flimflam Man from Rogue Agent Gets Shipped Home And other strange news about these curious days …

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Wear Livotte London All too often, when designers attempt to revamp the basic T-shirt, they overcomplicate things. It can be tempting to add…

Wear LORO PIANA If we could choose only one collection to live in for the entire winter season, it would be the new Cocooning range from Loro Piana. There are…

Listen Too-Rye-Aye (As It Should Have Sounded) “You haven’t heard the last of them,” Homer Simpson once said of Dexys Midnight Runners…

Shop Screaming Mimis For 11 months out of the year, Screaming Mimis is a vintage haven. Known for its mix of costume pieces, retro steals, and one-of-a-kind…

Shop Top Hat Top Hat, on the Lower East Side, is one of the few stores in Manhattan where every object for sale seems thoughtfully chosen…

Watch Magpie Murders Watching Magpie Murders is like drinking a double-shot espresso: it’s jolting. Based on a novel by the British mystery writer…

Wear Livotte London All too often, when designers attempt to revamp the basic T-shirt, they overcomplicate things. It can be tempting to add…

Wear LORO PIANA If we could choose only one collection to live in for the entire winter season, it would be the new Cocooning range from Loro Piana. There are…

Listen Too-Rye-Aye (As It Should Have Sounded) “You haven’t heard the last of them,” Homer Simpson once said of Dexys Midnight Runners…

Shop Screaming Mimis For 11 months out of the year, Screaming Mimis is a vintage haven. Known for its mix of costume pieces, retro steals, and one-of-a-kind…

Shop Top Hat Top Hat, on the Lower East Side, is one of the few stores in Manhattan where every object for sale seems thoughtfully chosen…

Watch Magpie Murders Watching Magpie Murders is like drinking a double-shot espresso: it’s jolting. Based on a novel by the British mystery writer…

The Height of His Powers Restaurateur Ignacio Mattos has long exerted a pull over downtown New York’s stylish set. Now they’re all flocking to Corner Bar

By Christine Muhlke

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The Biggest Designer You’ve Never Heard Of For decades, Sabyasachi Mukherjee has dressed Bollywood’s stars and India’s wealthiest families. Now he’s betting on a new market: New York

By Elena Clavarino

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Based on the best-selling book of the same name, and with unprecedented access to secret military archives, a new BBC drama tells how a group of maverick officers formed the S.A.S. in the darkest days of World War II

By Ben Macintyre

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Handy Halloween Hacks With a few minor tweaks, you can recycle an old costume into something more timely

By John Ficarra

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Will Prince Harry Spare King Charles? On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reveals why the royals dread Harry’s forthcoming book; and more

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High-Calorie Hero Good-bye, intermittent fasting. Manchester City’s star soccer player Erling Haaland fuels himself on a hearty 6,000-calorie-a-day diet of kebabs, pizza, lasagna, and cow intestine

By Liam Kelly

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Mika Kol The Depop seller has amassed a cult following on the fashion-resale app, thanks to her diaristic clothing descriptions

By Nicolaia Rips

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Forces of Nature The renowned photographer Karsh shot some of the 20th century’s most remarkable women

By Daphne Merkin

Photographs by Yousuf Karsh

15

“They keep talking about farm-to-table but I have yet to see an invitation.”

Ahoy for a Shipwreck In Houston, Louisa Muller directs a long-neglected operatic masterpiece

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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“Tell us again about the time you were turned into a coach and drove a princess to a ball!”

David Yaffe On

The Philosophy of Modern Song

by Bob Dylan

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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty On

Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan

by Darryl Pinckney

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Half Myth, Half Man The author of a new biography of Bo Jackson, an elusive star of both the N.F.L. and M.L.B., didn’t obtain his subject’s participation, but he got the next best thing: 720 original interviews

By Jeff Pearlman

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Christine Baranski

The actress answers 49 of life’s most pressing questions

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Behind the Palace Curtain A new season of The Crown, a scathing nonfiction account, the tell-all memoir from Prince Harry himself—there is no shortage of ways to take in the royal family, but none are flattering

Gulag for the Glitterati The arrest of a socialite known to some as “Moscow’s Truman Capotski”—and the flight of Putin’s own goddaughter—signals a purge of the Kremlin-coddled plutocracy

Billion-Dollar Babies When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window

The Power and the Tory He’s the youngest British prime minister of the modern era. She’s thought to be wealthier than King Charles. Meet the U.K.’s newest power couple

Burgher vs. Burger Running four profitable McDonald’s franchises in Germany is no fairy tale for Princess von Hessen, who accuses the fast-food chain of bizarre, McMafia-like scare tactics

Daddy Issues In her new memoir, Emmanuelle Seigner attempts to re-frame her husband, Roman Polanski, as a doting spouse and father. But even the French aren’t buying it

Taking a cue from our seasonal surroundings, color comes down to earth in AIR SUPPLY’s latest autumnally tinged collection. Thanks to handpicked finds in shades of chocolate, cinnamon, and cranberry, going au naturel has never been more tempting

Our Favorite Things Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán, the husband-and-wife partners behind the design guide Patina Modern, have transformed six run-down properties into warm, timeless homes. In our latest Guest Edit, the interiors enthusiasts reveal their favorite finds of the moment

Sound and Vision A new way to amplify your life’s soundtrack; the Mercedes of vacuum cleaners; a stargazing app for skeptics; and more

Silver Vixens From Jane Fonda to Andie MacDowell, gray hair is taking over Hollywood, all thanks to one ambitious colorist who charges as much as $10,000 a head

The Flimflam Man from Rogue Agent Gets Shipped Home And other strange news about these curious days …

The Height of His Powers Restaurateur Ignacio Mattos has long exerted a pull over downtown New York’s stylish set. Now they’re all flocking to Corner Bar

The Biggest Designer You’ve Never Heard Of For decades, Sabyasachi Mukherjee has dressed Bollywood’s stars and India’s wealthiest families. Now he’s betting on a new market: New York

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Based on the best-selling book of the same name, and with unprecedented access to secret military archives, a new BBC drama tells how a group of maverick officers formed the S.A.S. in the darkest days of World War II

Handy Halloween Hacks With a few minor tweaks, you can recycle an old costume into something more timely

Will Prince Harry Spare King Charles? On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reveals why the royals dread Harry’s forthcoming book; and more

High-Calorie Hero Good-bye, intermittent fasting. Manchester City’s star soccer player Erling Haaland fuels himself on a hearty 6,000-calorie-a-day diet of kebabs, pizza, lasagna, and cow intestine

Mika Kol The Depop seller has amassed a cult following on the fashion-resale app, thanks to her diaristic clothing descriptions

Forces of Nature The renowned photographer Karsh shot some of the 20th century’s most remarkable women

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Ahoy for a Shipwreck In Houston, Louisa Muller directs a long-neglected operatic masterpiece

Half Myth, Half Man The author of a new biography of Bo Jackson, an elusive star of both the N.F.L. and M.L.B., didn’t obtain his subject’s participation, but he got the next best thing: 720 original interviews

The actress answers 49 of life’s most pressing questions

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