July 8, 2023 – Air Mail

LONG ISLAND ESPRIT

From Montauk, Vincent Fremont looks back at how Andy Warhol’s beach house in the once sleepy fishing village played host to Jackie O, Truman Capote, Lee Radziwill, and many others …

DÉJÀ PROFUMO

From the archives, newly declassified intelligence reports about Britain’s orgy-filled Profumo affair remind Calder Walton of Russia’s attempts to put Trump in the White House …

LADY BOSS

From Hollywood, Rory Green reveals how her mother, the blockbuster novelist Jackie Collins, reveled in her ability to shock, and instilled in her daughter her own fiery brand of feminism …

SAVING FACE

From Los Angeles, Jane Mulkerrins goes face-to-surgically-altered-face with 90s tabloid queen Jocelyn Wildenstein, the formerly rich, currently broke divorcée making her reality-TV debut …

PAGING DR. FAUSTUS

From Mexico City, Ravi Somaiya uncovers a shocking saga of cartel violence, demonic possession, and an exorcism performed in a hospital scanner …

THE GONZO IN WINTER

From Aspen, Rich Cohen recalls visiting Hunter S. Thompson just months before his suicide, and his discovery of a mind overgrown and intoxicated, but still showing light through the cracks …

SOME GIRLS

From the U.K., Sheila Weller reviews a new book on the women who made the Rolling Stones, from Bianca Jagger to Anita Pallenberg …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE! …

Glenda Jackson, stage-and-screen genius … a James Bond pen with a hidden recording device (license to kill not included) … Chef Arnaud Donckele, emperor of sauce … Lynn Goldsmith’s 1980s self-help dance album is gaining new fans … Evelyn Hofer, “the most famous unknown photographer in America” … mystery books to keep the summer reading spicy … the myth-inspired Greek health spa … and much more!

Issue No. 208

The View from Here The Russian connection in the notorious Profumo case during the Cold War looks like a prequel to the first Trump presidential campaign

By Calder Walton

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Cat’s Out of the Bag In the late 90s, Jocelyn Wildenstein became a tabloid sensation after her $2.5 billion divorce and as “the poster child for plastic surgery gone wrong.” Now she’s broke and the subject of a new HBO documentary series

By Jane Mulkerrins

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Factory by the Sea In the summer of 1972, Andy Warhol bought a house in the historic fishing village of Montauk. The town was never the same again

By Vincent Fremont

as told to Legs McNeil

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Sailing Away

This summer, go overboard with these seaworthy selects, from maritime stripes and deck-ready outerwear to yacht-appropriate travel accessories

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Photo: AGF/Universal Images Group/Getty Images (Agnelli)

My Favorite Things The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker shines a light on his seasonal essentials, from colorful totes to slip-on sneakers

By Roman Coppola

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Photo: Daniel Jackson (Coppola)

Outdoors, Indoors A barbecue grill for city folk! A pen that will have you feeling like a secret agent! The microphone to make your voice heard! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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Private-Jet Paradox Wanna take mine or yours? Will the climate crisis ground the use of private planes or simply make the elite more secretive?

By Damian Whitworth

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The Root of All Evil Did a bizarre experiment using modern medical technology to reveal the secrets of demonic possession unleash a deadly curse on its participants?

By Ravi Somaiya

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Going After the Gonzo When the author was sent to visit Hunter S. Thompson—five months before Thompson shot himself—he found a writer trapped inside a legend

By Rich Cohen

Photograph by Dan Winters

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Business and Pleasure Forty years after Jackie Collins wrote Hollywood Wives, the hugely popular novel that skewered the Beverly Hills elite, her daughter reflects on the power of Collins’s books—and her insistence on fun at all costs

By Rory Green

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Sip Boisson As summer entertainment gets underway, don’t forget about your friends who are not imbibing. We’re not talking about your typical…

Wear Jacques Marie Mage Watch an episode of Succession and you’ll see tiny arrowheads adorning Kendall Roy’s glasses. They’re the signature mark of Jacques…

Serve Ginori 1735 On a recent trip to Milan, I was rushing from a business meeting to a client lunch at Latteria when one of the shop windows on Via Brera…

Carry Toteme The white summer bag: it sounds like such an easy proposition. But all too often they are either too precious or too massive, too structured…

Strut Emme Parsons The Emme Parsons string sandal was a discovery from one of our favorite fashion Substacks, 5 Things You Should Buy, Becky Malinsky’s wildly useful weekly…

Pamper VanMan If you’re anything like me, your deodorant’s ingredients sound like compounds created following the Chernobyl disaster…

Sip Boisson As summer entertainment gets underway, don’t forget about your friends who are not imbibing. We’re not talking about your typical…

Wear Jacques Marie Mage Watch an episode of Succession and you’ll see tiny arrowheads adorning Kendall Roy’s glasses. They’re the signature mark of Jacques…

Serve Ginori 1735 On a recent trip to Milan, I was rushing from a business meeting to a client lunch at Latteria when one of the shop windows on Via Brera…

Carry Toteme The white summer bag: it sounds like such an easy proposition. But all too often they are either too precious or too massive, too structured…

Strut Emme Parsons The Emme Parsons string sandal was a discovery from one of our favorite fashion Substacks, 5 Things You Should Buy, Becky Malinsky’s wildly useful weekly…

Pamper VanMan If you’re anything like me, your deodorant’s ingredients sound like compounds created following the Chernobyl disaster…

Dance Therapy Forty years ago, renowned music photographer Lynn Goldsmith created a cult-hit music album with the help of Carly Simon, Sting … and Warren Beatty

By Spike Carter

Read On

The Secret Saucier Chef Arnaud Donckele has racked up six Michelin stars in both Paris and St. Tropez, largely on the strength of his veloutés and velours

By Alexander Lobrano

Read On

“Might be a good idea … but does it involve me getting out of the chair?”

Hunter S. Thompson, Jackie Collins, and Satan—All in One Show! This week’s podcast takes on Hollywood wives, an exorcist, and gonzo freaks

Read On

Eyes on the City Evelyn Hofer’s photographs of New York, Paris, and Dublin offer a look at 1950s-and-1960s-era city life and its evocative street scenes

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*Queensboro Bridge,* *New York,* photographed by Evelyn Hofer in 1964.

*42nd Street, New York,* photographed in 1964.

*Chinatown II (Little Girl),* photographed in New York in 1964.

*Coney Island Shooting Gallery, New York,* 1965.

*Four* *Young* *Men, Washington, DC,* 1968.

*Phoenix Park on a Sunday, Dublin,* 1966.

*Bicycle* *Girl,* in *the* *Coombe, Dublin,* 1966.

*Lock’s St. James Street, London*, 1962.

*Waitress,* *Garrick* *Club, London,* 1962.

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Gaëtan Bruel Ahead of Bastille Day, the French cultural counselor discusses how New York’s Villa Albertine was born, and the novel approach it’s taking to artists’ residency programs

By Lim May Zhee

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The artist Flora Yukhnovich at her studio, in London.

In 2022, Flora Yukhnovich was one of two artists invited to take part in Oxford’s inaugural Ashmolean NOW Program. She and Daniel Crews-Chubb were each invited to create responses to the museum’s historic collection. Yukhnovich did not choose pictures from the main picture gallery or even from the world-renowned collections of prints and drawings. Instead, she was strangely drawn to room 48, a quintessential “quiet corner” on the second floor, at the back of the museum. READ ON

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Sheila Weller On

Parachute Women: Marianne Faithfull, Marsha Hunt, Bianca Jagger, Anita Pallenberg, and the Women Behind the Rolling Stones

by Elizabeth Winder

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Sarah Watling On

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

by Laura Cumming

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Murder, They Wrote

by Lisa Henricksson

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Glenda Jackson The fearless stage-and-screen actress reached stardom in the 70s with Women in Love, A Touch of Class, and Elizabeth R, and continued performing until the end

By Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Read On

Greeking Out The unlikely inspiration behind Euphoria Retreat, an intriguing new health spa, is nothing less than Homer’s Odyssey

By Victoria Mather

Read On

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The View from Here The Russian connection in the notorious Profumo case during the Cold War looks like a prequel to the first Trump presidential campaign

Cat’s Out of the Bag In the late 90s, Jocelyn Wildenstein became a tabloid sensation after her $2.5 billion divorce and as “the poster child for plastic surgery gone wrong.” Now she’s broke and the subject of a new HBO documentary series

Factory by the Sea In the summer of 1972, Andy Warhol bought a house in the historic fishing village of Montauk. The town was never the same again

This summer, go overboard with these seaworthy selects, from maritime stripes and deck-ready outerwear to yacht-appropriate travel accessories

My Favorite Things The Academy Award-nominated filmmaker shines a light on his seasonal essentials, from colorful totes to slip-on sneakers

Outdoors, Indoors A barbecue grill for city folk! A pen that will have you feeling like a secret agent! The microphone to make your voice heard! And more …

Private-Jet Paradox Wanna take mine or yours? Will the climate crisis ground the use of private planes or simply make the elite more secretive?

The Root of All Evil Did a bizarre experiment using modern medical technology to reveal the secrets of demonic possession unleash a deadly curse on its participants?

Going After the Gonzo When the author was sent to visit Hunter S. Thompson—five months before Thompson shot himself—he found a writer trapped inside a legend

Business and Pleasure Forty years after Jackie Collins wrote Hollywood Wives, the hugely popular novel that skewered the Beverly Hills elite, her daughter reflects on the power of Collins’s books—and her insistence on fun at all costs

Dance Therapy Forty years ago, renowned music photographer Lynn Goldsmith created a cult-hit music album with the help of Carly Simon, Sting … and Warren Beatty

The Secret Saucier Chef Arnaud Donckele has racked up six Michelin stars in both Paris and St. Tropez, largely on the strength of his veloutés and velours

Hunter S. Thompson, Jackie Collins, and Satan—All in One Show! This week’s podcast takes on Hollywood wives, an exorcist, and gonzo freaks

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Eyes on the City Evelyn Hofer’s photographs of New York, Paris, and Dublin offer a look at 1950s-and-1960s-era city life and its evocative street scenes

Gaëtan Bruel Ahead of Bastille Day, the French cultural counselor discusses how New York’s Villa Albertine was born, and the novel approach it’s taking to artists’ residency programs

Glenda Jackson The fearless stage-and-screen actress reached stardom in the 70s with Women in Love, A Touch of Class, and Elizabeth R, and continued performing until the end

Greeking Out The unlikely inspiration behind Euphoria Retreat, an intriguing new health spa, is nothing less than Homer’s Odyssey

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Creative Director

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Chief Technology Officer

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Columnists

Writers at Large

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Photo Editor

Designer

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OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Air Supply General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Advertising Director

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Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Chief Merchant

Shop Editor

E-Commerce Manager

E-Commerce Associates

In Memoriam