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Sexual Misconduct

From London, Flora Gill skewers the pathetic (and entirely unsurprising) cheating of sanctimonious, self-professed “wife guys,” such as Adam Levine …

Grifter in Chief

From Washington, James Kirchick reports on the revelations in Confidence Man, Maggie Haberman’s highly anticipated biography of Donald Trump …

Misrule, Britannia!

From the U.K., a gobsmacked Stuart Heritage tallies the wreckage wrought by an all-too-clueless Liz Truss in her first 30 days as prime minister …

Whodunit?

From downtown, George Pendle puts the screws to young and fabulous literati who find themselves potential suspects in a curious theft from the offices of The Paris Review …

The Thong Remains the Same

From the mall, our beauty-and-wellness columnist, Linda Wells, casts a skeptical eye on a wokeified Victoria’s Secret …

Swipe Far Right?

From the digital domain, Kat Rosenfield reports on a new dating app for the MAGA set that’s less about love and more about hate (of the libs, naturally!) …

A Touch of Florence

In Litchfield County, Connecticut, Alan Richman discovers the pleasures of Materia, a small Italian restaurant that reminds him of the best Michelin one-stars tucked away in Europe …

The Little Shop Around the Corner

In London, Spike Carter falls under the spell of Labour and Wait, the home-goods store handsome enough to be a design museum …

Defining Roles

From Hollywood, Geena Davis reveals she’s a bit perplexed by the whole Thelma & Louise cult thing …

But First …
Issue No. 169

The View from Here What drives Trump? More than racism, power, or even greed, it’s an insatiable hunger for fame

By James Kirchick
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
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Annals of Delusion

#Trussterf*ck No shame and no sense—the U.K.’s new prime minister is not off to a good start

By Stuart Heritage
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The Good Fight

Unveiled and Unafraid Thousands have been arrested and the death toll is climbing, but Iran’s Gen Z won’t be silenced

By Ramita Navai
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Swiping Right

OkCuAnon A new dating app for right-wingers is less about loving tradition than it is about hating the libs

By Kat Rosenfield
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Marriage, Hollywood–Style

The Spectacular Fall of the “Wife Guy” Cheating scandals involving everyone from Adam Levine to Ned of the Try Guys are putting a crack in the carefully tailored “wife guy” aesthetic

By Flora Gill
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Air Supply

Cinema Style: Boogie Nights

We may no longer live by the credo of “disco or die,” but who wouldn’t want to take a sartorial cue from Paul Thomas Anderson’s cult classic, if only for a night? Ahead of the film’s 25th anniversary, here’s everything you need to dance the night away in decadent style, from velvet slippers to sparkling statement pieces and more
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Guest Edit

My Favorite Things Athena Calderone has established herself as one of today’s leading taste-makers, thanks to her simple, sophisticated, and unusually striking eye. Here, the interior designer and James Beard award–winning Cook Beautiful author shares her must-haves of the moment

By Athena Calderone
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Interview

Geena Davis Didn’t Know Thelma & Louise Is Still a Thing The movie star reflects on the film’s enduring popularity, and how Hollywood has changed in the years since it was made

By Kate Dwyer
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Department of Complaints

Preaching to the Choir Meghan Markle’s podcast is back, and it’s just as pious and self-aggrandizing as ever

By Hilary Rose
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Small Talk
“Your training begins just as it did with the masters of old … with positive affirmations and five minutes of low-impact cardio.”
“Your training begins just as it did with the masters of old … with positive affirmations and five minutes of low-impact cardio.”
The Beautiful Game

Erling Haaland The Premier League’s latest superstar is so talented he might spoil the sport for good

By Jonathan Margolis
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Air Mail Diary

Spend It Like Beckham? The Soccer Star’s Money Scandal And other strange news about these curious days …

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Crimes and Misdemeanors

The Case of the Light-Fingered Litterateur When a framed photograph went missing during a Paris Review party, the avant-garde revelers became suspects in an old-fashioned potboiler

By George Pendle
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Food

A Hidden Restaurant Gem in Connecticut? It’s True At Materia, a Le Bernardin alum cooks dishes that make you feel like you’re in Italy

By Alan Richman
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Curiosity Shop

London’s Oasis of High Style (for Hammers and Watering Cans) Is it a home-goods store or a museum of beautiful design? Labour and Wait is both

By Spike Carter
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Small Talk
“Alright, I’m out of here—it’s poker night.”
“Alright, I’m out of here—it’s poker night.”
Film and Television

Misery Porn Blonde is sexist, cruel, and degrading—so why is it currently the No. 1 film on Netflix?

By Camilla Long
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Best
Apply Dr. Dennis Gross It might sound basic—or even contradictory—but with cold weather and dry skin incoming, the Alpha Beta Exfoliating Body Treatment… Bake Evolutions in Bread Ken Forkish is my one and only bread-baking guru. I first encountered him at his legendary institutions, in Portland—Ken’s Artisan Bakery… Smell Maison Francis Kurkdjian If you have spent even a millisecond on the beauty side of TikTok, you know there is one perfume… Watch Pearl In Ti West’s slasher film X, Mia Goth stars as Maxine, an aspiring actress who treks to a farm in rural Texas with her boyfriend and a film crew… Wear Prada There’s a lot to like coming out of Prada HQ this season, especially the embellished-muslin skirts and dresses. But we’re starting with this… Wear Acme Atelier Stylish but subdued, a kilt may be the perfect fall skirt. Luckily, Acme Atelier’s founder, Andrea Chappell, knows an awful lot about kilts… Apply Dr. Dennis Gross It might sound basic—or even contradictory—but with cold weather and dry skin incoming, the Alpha Beta Exfoliating Body Treatment… Bake Evolutions in Bread Ken Forkish is my one and only bread-baking guru. I first encountered him at his legendary institutions, in Portland—Ken’s Artisan Bakery… Smell Maison Francis Kurkdjian If you have spent even a millisecond on the beauty side of TikTok, you know there is one perfume… Watch Pearl In Ti West’s slasher film X, Mia Goth stars as Maxine, an aspiring actress who treks to a farm in rural Texas with her boyfriend and a film crew… Wear Prada There’s a lot to like coming out of Prada HQ this season, especially the embellished-muslin skirts and dresses. But we’re starting with this… Wear Acme Atelier Stylish but subdued, a kilt may be the perfect fall skirt. Luckily, Acme Atelier’s founder, Andrea Chappell, knows an awful lot about kilts…
Highlight

House Proud Patina Modern, a new book by Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán, demystifies interior design

By Michael Hainey
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Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder Victoria’s Secret is attempting a comeback. But will its conciliatory new ad campaign atone for its many sins? Our skeptical beauty columnist is not so sure …

By Linda Wells
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London

Dalí and Dior: at the Design Museum, “Objects of Desire” explores the history of Surrealism …

Boston

Chronicling Life: at the M.F.A., photos from Life magazine—including images of the moon landing, the Vietnam War, and the Kennedy-Nixon debate—go on display …

Copenhagen

The Weimar way: an exhibition on Germany in the years before the Holocaust is on view at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art …

Brussels

Kahlo creations: Isabelle de Borchgrave’s re-creations of the colorful world of Frida Kahlo take the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium …

Online

Beethoven goes modern: at Heartbeat Opera, Fidelio gets a 21st-century makeover …

Highlight
For a new exhibition devoted to Scandinavian influence on American design, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is putting 175 objects—from doilies to cars—on display.

As Seen in Scandinavia

On a September evening in 1960, Americans sat in darkened living rooms, transfixed by their flickering television screens. It was the first night of the Kennedy-Nixon presidential debates, and we all know the takeaway image: a haggard Richard Nixon stands at a lectern, glistening with sweat, while John Kennedy, seated with leg suavely crossed at the knee, is cool and calm in a Danish-modern chair. Scholars still argue whether that scene changed the outcome of the election. It is a fact, however, that the Danish chair, designed by Hans Wegner, became so well known that it was marketed in the U.S. as “The Chair.” READ ON

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Photography

Keeping Up with Bill Owens The chronicler of small-town America is out with a new book, corresponding to the 50th-anniversary exhibition of his seminal work, Suburbia

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Banana bikes, top, and a Tupperware party, above, photographed by Bill Owens. “Tupperware is a homemaker’s dream,” said one subject.
“I enjoy cooking, dogs, cats, kids, soccer, and living here.”
Top: “Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday … and Friday I have my hair done.” Above: “Andrew doesn’t like to go to the bathroom alone.”
“I put my hair up once or twice a week … When it’s combed out, I’m willing to be seen in public.”
Top: “This is our second annual Fourth of July block party. This year thirty-three families came for beer, barbecued chicken, corn on the cob, potato salad, green salad, macaroni salad, and watermelon.” Above: “Saturday morning, and we are on our way.”
“Richie … already wants to be a policeman.”
Top: “Because we live in the suburbs we don’t eat too much Chinese food. lt’s not available in the supermarkets so on Saturdays we eat hot dogs.” Above: Reagan on TV.
“Before the dissolution of our marriage my husband and I owned a bar. One day, a toilet broke and we brought it home.”
Top: “There is nothing to do in Suburbia.” Above: “I bought the lawn in six-foot rolls. It’s easy to handle. I prepare the ground, and my wife and son helped roll out the grass. In one day you have a front yard.”
Cleo and James Pruden
Top, a dinner party; above, a quick kiss.
“My dad thinks it a good idea to take all the leaves off the tree and rake up the yard. I think he’s crazy.”
Listen

It’s a Natural Fit: Trump and Victoria’s Secret Just two of the subjects discussed on this week’s podcast. Plus, will Liz Truss survive?

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Books
David Yaffe On

A Ballet of Lepers: A Novel and Stories

by Leonard Cohen
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Tobias Grey On

Bold Ventures: Thirteen Tales of Architectural Tragedy

by Charlotte Van den Broeck
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Travel

Africa’s Next Big Thing Despite its 20 national parks and astounding wildlife, Zambia is often overlooked by safari seekers. That’s about to change

By Marcia DeSanctis
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Small Talk
“Mom—Declan’s using swear words incorrectly.”
“Mom—Declan’s using swear words incorrectly.”
The Perfect Ending

Emilia Wickstead

The fashion designer answers 38 of life’s most pressing questions
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Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook
When autumn leaves begin to fall, it’s time to strut your stuff.
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October 8, 2022
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