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The View from Here How identifying as bisexual became a political bumper sticker for Gen Z

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Ticker Time Bomb Donald Trump’s “media company” was a laughingstock until it debuted on the NASDAQ as an actual stock. Now Wall Street is about to learn the truth about Truth Social, the meme stock

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Gambling’s Last Frontier How online sports betting took over the lives and livelihoods of young people across the country—and turned many of them into addicts

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My Favorite Things The acclaimed minimalist and former Calvin Klein creative director spotlights his thoughtful signatures, from Brazilian furniture to the shoes he wears no matter the occasion

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Eye of the Beholder One of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets? There’s no hair there. Our chronically curious beauty-and-wellness guru investigates the rich universe of extensions, which is making those lush locks possible

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Small Talk

The Unbearable Lightness of Gwyneth With her uncanny ability to popularize fringe fads, Gwyneth Paltrow became the world’s most talked about health-and-beauty guru. Let the haters hate—she’s too busy meditating

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The Attention-Whore Index J. K. Rowling is spoiling for a fight, Prince Andrew is hiding in plain sight, and Donald Trump is not sounding quite right. Plus, the strangest news from around the world

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Fast Times at San Sebastian Inside the Viagra-dealing-priest scandal that rocked a sleepy Spanish town

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“All the Romance of Filmmaking Is Gone” Woody Allen on Paris, cancel culture, retirement, and “the whole mortality question”

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Interview with a Dumpster Fire Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?

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Best
SLEEP Tekla Some go to Copenhagen for Noma, others for Tekla. The sustainable-fabric company, founded in 2017 by former Acne Studios hand… WATCH Local Hero It’s rare that offbeat 80s movies hold up. Even the great John Hughes pictures have moments that seem ill-advised in retrospect… EXPLORE Wooden City Last month, Isaac Rangaswami launched his new Substack, Wooden City, as a spin-off to his enormously popular… LISTEN Scamfluencers Each week, Scamfluencers hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi take on a new scam, plot, hoax, or ploy, each one juicier than… READ 2054 Many of us are searching for a way to skip through 2024, and the new novel 2054 is the ideal solution. Co-written by Elliot Ackerman, WEAR Wiggy Kit ’Tis the season when we can no longer stomach a winter coat, but the weather is not quite cooperative enough for a summer… SLEEP Tekla Some go to Copenhagen for Noma, others for Tekla. The sustainable-fabric company, founded in 2017 by former Acne Studios hand… WATCH Local Hero It’s rare that offbeat 80s movies hold up. Even the great John Hughes pictures have moments that seem ill-advised in retrospect… EXPLORE Wooden City Last month, Isaac Rangaswami launched his new Substack, Wooden City, as a spin-off to his enormously popular… LISTEN Scamfluencers Each week, Scamfluencers hosts Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi take on a new scam, plot, hoax, or ploy, each one juicier than… READ 2054 Many of us are searching for a way to skip through 2024, and the new novel 2054 is the ideal solution. Co-written by Elliot Ackerman, WEAR Wiggy Kit ’Tis the season when we can no longer stomach a winter coat, but the weather is not quite cooperative enough for a summer…

The Big Cheese An artisanal-cheese revolution is quietly afoot in Japan. Could it become the next Japanese whiskey?

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Lunch with Michael Mann On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Ferrari director and action-film master discusses the importance of surrounding oneself with strong characters, writing Heat 2, and how Miami Vice defined a decade

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From the Archives

From Radical to Dame and Back Again The photographer Ki Price’s portraits of Vivienne Westwood pay homage to Britain’s punk poster child turned couture designer in celebration of her birthday


Divided We Fail Alex Garland’s Civil War hurtles through the ravaging violence and chilling anomie of a Disunited States

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Books

Fi: A Memoir of My Son

by Alexandra Fuller
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This Month’s Best Mystery Books

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Small Talk
“Oh, Jeff, you swore this wasn’t a podcast.”

What Woody Allen Told Me On this week’s podcast, Sam Wasson takes us inside his conversation with the writer-director

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A Place in the Sun

The Apollo Fountain sculpture at the Château de Versailles has finally returned from its first serious restoration in 100 years, just in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics, when the royal grounds will host the equestrian competitions of jumping and dressage, as well as para-equestrian events and the five modern pentathlon tournaments. READ ON

A detail of the 35-ton Apollo Fountain.

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Drinking and Driving Some of the world’s best wines are now being produced in Argentina’s Salta region. And discovering them makes for a spectacular road trip

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Isabella Bowie With her shoe company, Izie, the young designer has her sights set on reviving the high heel

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Small Talk
“Be prepared to issue a public whoopsie.”

Ooohs and Oz After being destroyed by wildfires, in 2020, Kangaroo Island’s Southern Ocean Lodge is once again welcoming guests to this remote corner of Australia

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Gisele Bündchen The supermodel and newly minted cookbook author reveals her travel routine

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In silence, I draw the violence of the sculptures in the V&A’s Medieval & Renaissance Galleries.
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Issue No. 247
April 6, 2024
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Issue No. 247
April 6, 2024

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