December 21, 2024

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Despite a global publishing-industry effort to keep it under wraps, an advance manuscript of Pope Francis’s upcoming autobiography has been stolen and leaked online—and book-world insiders think they know who did it …

GUESS WHO’S SPOILING DINNER?

The difficulties of hosting a successful dinner party are not lost on Cazzie David, who suggests taking a page out of her father Larry’s book …

DOUBLE SHOT

From the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy to being thrust into the public eye, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis didn’t live an easy life. Her court case against the ruthless paparazzo Ron Galella was no exception …

MOCK MICHELIN

How to best combat the hordes of influencers and tourists swarming your favorite restaurants? Londoners are inundating the Internet with fake five-star reviews of mediocre spots …

MAKING MERRY

Fruit or flowers? How many candles? Are white tablecloths passé? Constructing a proper holiday table is no simple task, but, thankfully, the food columnist and hostess extraordinaire Skye McAlpine is here to help …

THE BELLE OF THE PODCAST

From Kate Moss to Zadie Smith to Kristin Scott Thomas, the guests on fashion designer Bella Freud’s podcast reveal the type of innermost thoughts that would surely impress her great-grandfather Sigmund …

A BRIT IN LA-LA LAND

How Donna Langley went from growing up on a tiny English island to partying with Meryl Streep, getting complimented by Ice Cube, and running the oldest (and most successful) movie studio on the planet …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

South Korea’s Lady Macbeth … the great Holiday deceit … a rare Le Corbusier house goes up for sale … Hollywood’s greatest flops, revisited … an ode to Chinese food on Christmas … inside Oaxaca’s annual radish festival … S.N.L.’s Chloe Fineman on her least favorite things … Who were this week’s biggest Attention Whores?

Issue No. 284

The View from Here Take it from a good person: when it comes to throwing dinner parties—and dealing with uninvited guests—everyone could benefit from being bad

By Cazzie David

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To Catch a Manuscript Thief The shocking leak of Pope Francis’s closely guarded autobiography bears uncanny similarities to an infamous publishing swindler’s modus operandi

By Mattia Ferraresi

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP

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The Lady Macbeth of South Korea Her husband imposed martial law for her, and she’s been accused of using black magic to help him—but is Kim Keon-hee more innocent flower than serpent?

By Richard Lloyd Parry

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Party On

Don’t stop now. The end-of-year bacchanal continues. Ring in the next in hedonistic style. AIR SUPPLY’s guide to partying with panache includes Lobmeyr champagne glasses, a Roland Mouret velvet cocktail dress, Anderson & Sheppard cuff links, and more

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Charlie Casely-Hayford’s Favorite Things The creative director of the London tailor Casely-Hayford, which has drawn clients such as Cillian Murphy and Chiwetel Ejiofor, loves Kikuichi knives, On sneakers, and more

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The Lie Before Christmas The Holiday, starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Winslet, has become the quintessential yuletide film—but it’s built on a web of lies and deceit!

By Hannah Swerling

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Choral Relief A tool to keep your vocal cords as strong as Mick Jagger’s! Foliage that will help clear the air! Can ChatGPT help you with your holiday shopping? And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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The Attention-Whore Index Bezos and Zuck are sucking up, Prince Andrew is letting Britain down, and it’s all Greek to Kimberly Guilfoyle

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SMELL Paine Products Family-owned Paine Products has been crafting goods from Auburn, Maine’s abundance of balsam-fir trees since 1931…

BAKE Bake Club Chef Christina Tosi—the founder of Milk Bar and a two-time James Beard Award winner—has the magic touch when it…

WATCH Vermiglio Snowy-peaked Vermiglio, a tiny village nestled deep in the Alps, is the setting for this charming family drama that took home…

LOOK Huntsman Getting a bespoke suit requires months of fittings, endless selections of fabric, buttons, and thread, and a four-figure…

Visit Gem Home Forget how young chef Flynn McGarry is! Someone called the “Justin Bieber of food” must know what he is doing in the kitchen…

Decorate The George x Williams Sonoma It’s an exciting time for Bobbi Brown. Since leaving her eponymous brand in 2016…

SMELL Paine Products Family-owned Paine Products has been crafting goods from Auburn, Maine’s abundance of balsam-fir trees since 1931…

BAKE Bake Club Chef Christina Tosi—the founder of Milk Bar and a two-time James Beard Award winner—has the magic touch when it…

WATCH Vermiglio Snowy-peaked Vermiglio, a tiny village nestled deep in the Alps, is the setting for this charming family drama that took home…

LOOK Huntsman Getting a bespoke suit requires months of fittings, endless selections of fabric, buttons, and thread, and a four-figure…

Visit Gem Home Forget how young chef Flynn McGarry is! Someone called the “Justin Bieber of food” must know what he is doing in the kitchen…

Decorate The George x Williams Sonoma It’s an exciting time for Bobbi Brown. Since leaving her eponymous brand in 2016…

A Restaurant Revolt in London Locals are sick of tourists and influencers crowding their favorite restaurants—and are turning to ingenious means to lead them astray

By Flora Gill

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On the Couch with Freud (Bella, That Is) The fashion designer—and great-granddaughter of Sigmund—analyzes Kate Moss, Zadie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas on her new podcast

By Mark Smith

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Nicolas Rapold On

Box Office Poison: Hollywood’s Story in a Century of Flops

by Tim Robey

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“I remember when the death of the hero meant the end of the sequels. Now it marks the beginning of the prequels.”

The Dame with the Game She stole Christopher Nolan, wooed Tom Cruise, and had Ice Cube praising the size of her cojones. How Donna Langley became the most powerful woman in Hollywood

By Robbie Collin

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Past and Presents Dollhouses, paper angels, fir trees … A new coffee-table book looks back at a century of holiday photographs from around the world

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Children hanging stockings by the fireplace, 1940s.

*Top,* laden with Christmas trees, New York, 1910s; *above,* meeting Santa Claus, Oslo, 1954.

Santa Claus at work, United States, 1970.

*Top,* a Lord & Taylor department store at Christmas, New York, 1950s; *above,* mailmen loaded down with Christmas parcels, United States, 1910s.

Captivated by a Christmas window display, Paris, 1951.

Around the Christmas table at home, Washington, D.C., 1941.

*Top, s*wapping a sleigh for a biplane, United States, 1921; *above,* packing six million gifts for European children affected by World War I, New York, 1914.

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Analyze This, Bella Freud On this week’s podcast, the designer reflects on her hit podcast, Fashion Neurosis

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Deck the Tables! A holiday board should not go underdressed. Party virtuoso Skye McAlpine offers her tips—and a no-fuss recipe—for dining in easy style

By Ashley Baker

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Modernist Marvel A Le Corbusier gem designed for a Russian sculptor hits the market just outside Paris

By Vittoria Benzine

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Candid Camera Inside the 1972 trial that pitted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis against New York’s most unrelenting paparazzo, Ron Galella

By Karen M. Dunak

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A Christmas Mitzvah From movie outings to crispy egg rolls, a guide to the yuletide season, the Jewish way

By Nicholas Fox Weber

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The Last Jazz-Manouche Bar in Paris The dying art of Gypsy jazz is alive and well at La Chope des Puces, a historic bar tucked behind the 18th Arrondissement

By Bennett DiDonna

Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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I’m Dreaming of a … Pink Christmas? The holidays in Oaxaca, Mexico, bring cheer, gifts, and a fierce, century-old competition involving radishes, of all things

By Elena Clavarino

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Gracie Lawrence The 27-year-old Sex Lives of College Girls actress has a second life as a musician, which includes opening for the Rolling Stones

By Jeanne Malle

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Chloe Fineman

The Saturday Night Live star shares her least favorite things

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The View from Here Take it from a good person: when it comes to throwing dinner parties—and dealing with uninvited guests—everyone could benefit from being bad

To Catch a Manuscript Thief The shocking leak of Pope Francis’s closely guarded autobiography bears uncanny similarities to an infamous publishing swindler’s modus operandi

The Lady Macbeth of South Korea Her husband imposed martial law for her, and she’s been accused of using black magic to help him—but is Kim Keon-hee more innocent flower than serpent?

Don’t stop now. The end-of-year bacchanal continues. Ring in the next in hedonistic style. AIR SUPPLY’s guide to partying with panache includes Lobmeyr champagne glasses, a Roland Mouret velvet cocktail dress, Anderson & Sheppard cuff links, and more

Charlie Casely-Hayford’s Favorite Things The creative director of the London tailor Casely-Hayford, which has drawn clients such as Cillian Murphy and Chiwetel Ejiofor, loves Kikuichi knives, On sneakers, and more

The Lie Before Christmas The Holiday, starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, and Kate Winslet, has become the quintessential yuletide film—but it’s built on a web of lies and deceit!

Choral Relief A tool to keep your vocal cords as strong as Mick Jagger’s! Foliage that will help clear the air! Can ChatGPT help you with your holiday shopping? And more …

The Attention-Whore Index Bezos and Zuck are sucking up, Prince Andrew is letting Britain down, and it’s all Greek to Kimberly Guilfoyle

A Restaurant Revolt in London Locals are sick of tourists and influencers crowding their favorite restaurants—and are turning to ingenious means to lead them astray

On the Couch with Freud (Bella, That Is) The fashion designer—and great-granddaughter of Sigmund—analyzes Kate Moss, Zadie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas on her new podcast

The Dame with the Game She stole Christopher Nolan, wooed Tom Cruise, and had Ice Cube praising the size of her cojones. How Donna Langley became the most powerful woman in Hollywood

Past and Presents Dollhouses, paper angels, fir trees … A new coffee-table book looks back at a century of holiday photographs from around the world

Analyze This, Bella Freud On this week’s podcast, the designer reflects on her hit podcast, Fashion Neurosis

Deck the Tables! A holiday board should not go underdressed. Party virtuoso Skye McAlpine offers her tips—and a no-fuss recipe—for dining in easy style

Modernist Marvel A Le Corbusier gem designed for a Russian sculptor hits the market just outside Paris

Candid Camera Inside the 1972 trial that pitted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis against New York’s most unrelenting paparazzo, Ron Galella

A Christmas Mitzvah From movie outings to crispy egg rolls, a guide to the yuletide season, the Jewish way

The Last Jazz-Manouche Bar in Paris The dying art of Gypsy jazz is alive and well at La Chope des Puces, a historic bar tucked behind the 18th Arrondissement

I’m Dreaming of a … Pink Christmas? The holidays in Oaxaca, Mexico, bring cheer, gifts, and a fierce, century-old competition involving radishes, of all things

Gracie Lawrence The 27-year-old Sex Lives of College Girls actress has a second life as a musician, which includes opening for the Rolling Stones

The Saturday Night Live star shares her least favorite things

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Books Editor

Arts Intel Report Editor

Senior Editor

Investigations Editor

Photo Director

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Research & Legal Editor

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Associate Editors

Art Director

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Designer

International Editor

Communications Director

Columnists

Writers at Large

Contributing Artists

Contributing Photographers

Architectural Consultant

Social Media Manager

Head of Audience Development

Audience Growth Manager

Cartoon Editor

Music Supervisor

Technology

OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Air Supply General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Business Development Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Chief Merchant

Shop Editor

E-Commerce Manager

E-commerce Associate

In Memoriam