IF THESE GALLERY WALLS COULD TALK

Claims of questionable business ethics and sexual improprieties at Carpenters Workshop, the art world’s most prestigious design gallery, reveal a company flying dangerously close to the sun …

CORRUPTION JUNCTION

From participating in illegal orgies to accepting bribes from Qatar, European Parliament members are behaving like animals—and have turned this weekend’s election into a far-right zoo …

HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL

In an interview with Jim Kelly, Griffin Dunne dishes on angering Martin Scorsese while shooting After Hours and his complicated friendship with Carrie Fisher …

NEWS CORP CASANOVA

At the tender age of 93, Rupert Murdoch has just married for the fifth time. To help you keep up, AIR MAIL has condensed his many love affairs (and associations) …

DUCHESS OF DRIVEL

Raise the drawbridge! The Duchess of York has announced she’s finally ready to let her true personality run wild, after concluding that the world wants more Fergie …

WHEN THE FOG LIFTS

Fifty years spent embroiled in the history of the Vietnam War has led editor Peter Osnos to a firm conclusion: Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara knew their strategy was flawed but pushed forward regardless …

CORDENED OFF

James Corden’s international star power has done little to win over his hometown Brits, who seem less concerned with his accolades than with his highly publicized gaffes …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

In Scotland, a war rages between deer hunters and environmentalists … Stan Mack’s funniest eavesdroppings, revisited … the women who transformed American retail … the book lover’s guide to Dublin … Who will come out on top of this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll?

Issue No. 256

The View from Here The European Parliament, long a sinecure for nameless bureaucrats, has become a finishing school for Fascists

By George Pendle

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Behind Closed Doors Claims of questionable business ethics and sexual improprieties at Carpenters Workshop, the art world’s most prestigious design gallery, reveal a company flying dangerously close to the sun

By Elena Clavarino

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Garden City

It’s peak garden season, and AIR SUPPLY is inspired by all things botanical. Whether you have a vast plot to plant and prune or are a city dweller seeking more greenery in your life, our selection will help cultivate your herbal essence

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Photo: MGM/Everett Collection (Holliday and Avila)

Whitney Bromberg Hawkings’s Favorite Things The founder of Flowerbx, the London-based floral service preferred by Tom Ford and Victoria Beckham, shares her must-haves: Smythson stationery, Varley joggers, and more

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The Merry Wives of Rupert Murdoch

The media mogul’s many loves—and their circular connections—condensed into one sentence

By George Kalogerakis

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Out of Sight Binoculars that will tell you what you’re looking at! A screen to help you escape your phone! A microphone that you can take to outer space! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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The Attention-Whore Index Eric Adams is the king of rats, Madonna is the queen of shocks, and Donald Trump is the lord of lies

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VISIT Toast in Boerum Hill There’s nothing better than the much-loved English clothing line, Toast…

SWIM La DoubleJ x Orlebar Brown J. J. Martin’s designs are not for the faint of bikini. Now the designer of La DoubleJ has teamed up with Adam Brown…

READ Steak “Most foods have recipes—steak has rules,” writes Tim Hayward, whose passion and reverence for steak has led to…

CARRY Oberwerth Crossbody Camera Holster Buying a Leica is sort of like having a newborn, but with less noise. It’s exhilarating and frightening all…

READ Casa Susanna When you think of the Catskills, family resorts, postwar America, and images of Jewish families come to mind. But a small community…

SIP Wine Futures After a yearslong onslaught of friends’ weddings, the social calendar has now given way to a parade of first-birthday parties…

VISIT Toast in Boerum Hill There’s nothing better than the much-loved English clothing line, Toast…

SWIM La DoubleJ x Orlebar Brown J. J. Martin’s designs are not for the faint of bikini. Now the designer of La DoubleJ has teamed up with Adam Brown…

READ Steak “Most foods have recipes—steak has rules,” writes Tim Hayward, whose passion and reverence for steak has led to…

CARRY Oberwerth Crossbody Camera Holster Buying a Leica is sort of like having a newborn, but with less noise. It’s exhilarating and frightening all…

READ Casa Susanna When you think of the Catskills, family resorts, postwar America, and images of Jewish families come to mind. But a small community…

SIP Wine Futures After a yearslong onslaught of friends’ weddings, the social calendar has now given way to a parade of first-birthday parties…

The Royal #WeToo The Duchess of York—hardly a shrinking violet—has announced that she is not going to hide her true self anymore. God help us all

By Hilary Rose

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Been There, Dunne That Griffin Dunne reflects on his sister’s horrific murder, the making of Scorsese’s After Hours, his friendship with Carrie Fisher, and a colorful life in New York and Hollywood

By Jim Kelly

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“Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies,” Revisited New York’s favorite, “100% overheard” comic strip, which ran from the mid-70s to the mid-90s in The Village Voice, is brought back to life in a new book

By George Kalogerakis

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The Face in the Mirror James Corden’s chummy charm conquered America, but the United Kingdom isn’t so keen

By Barbara Ellen

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In the Land of the Green Laird A topsy-turvy battle has broken out in Scotland between billionaire environmentalists, who want to cull thousands of deer, and deer-hunting locals, who’d like to see them thrive

By Patrick Galbraith

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Five O’Clock Follies Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara knew the war in Vietnam could not be won—and waged it anyway

By Peter Osnos

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Robin Olson On

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

by Julie Satow

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Daphne Merkin On

Late Admissions: Confessions of a Black Conservative

by Glenn Loury

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The Book Lover’s Guide to Dublin With the Bloomsday and Dalkey literary festivals kicking off, this is the peak week to get lit in the Irish capital

By George Rush

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Fish Tales

An exhibition on now at the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts, confidently asserts that Moby-Dick is the “most persistently pictured of all American novels.” A surely unverifiable claim, though it makes intuitive sense: if you were an illustrator, wouldn’t you want to draw or paint or engrave images of a giant white whale arcing above the waves while little men on little boats brace to be smashed to smithereens—as opposed to, say, four sisters bringing their Christmas supper to a poor family, or a boy and a man drifting down a lazy river on a raft? READ ON

A 2009 Moby-Dick illustration by Randall Enos, Dan Smith, and Virginia Cahill.

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Why We’ll Always Have Paris On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells explains why Paris (Hilton) deserves a second chance

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Nathan Dalah The co-founder of a beloved fast-casual chain in Australia talks setting up shop in Manhattan with ThisBowl

By Jeanne Malle

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Devon Lee Carlson The fashion influencer, social-media star, and co-creator of Wildflower Cases shares her travel routine

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The View from Here The European Parliament, long a sinecure for nameless bureaucrats, has become a finishing school for Fascists

Behind Closed Doors Claims of questionable business ethics and sexual improprieties at Carpenters Workshop, the art world’s most prestigious design gallery, reveal a company flying dangerously close to the sun

It’s peak garden season, and AIR SUPPLY is inspired by all things botanical. Whether you have a vast plot to plant and prune or are a city dweller seeking more greenery in your life, our selection will help cultivate your herbal essence

Whitney Bromberg Hawkings’s Favorite Things The founder of Flowerbx, the London-based floral service preferred by Tom Ford and Victoria Beckham, shares her must-haves: Smythson stationery, Varley joggers, and more

The media mogul’s many loves—and their circular connections—condensed into one sentence

Out of Sight Binoculars that will tell you what you’re looking at! A screen to help you escape your phone! A microphone that you can take to outer space! And more …

The Attention-Whore Index Eric Adams is the king of rats, Madonna is the queen of shocks, and Donald Trump is the lord of lies

The Royal #WeToo The Duchess of York—hardly a shrinking violet—has announced that she is not going to hide her true self anymore. God help us all

Been There, Dunne That Griffin Dunne reflects on his sister’s horrific murder, the making of Scorsese’s After Hours, his friendship with Carrie Fisher, and a colorful life in New York and Hollywood

“Stan Mack’s Real Life Funnies,” Revisited New York’s favorite, “100% overheard” comic strip, which ran from the mid-70s to the mid-90s in The Village Voice, is brought back to life in a new book

The Face in the Mirror James Corden’s chummy charm conquered America, but the United Kingdom isn’t so keen

In the Land of the Green Laird A topsy-turvy battle has broken out in Scotland between billionaire environmentalists, who want to cull thousands of deer, and deer-hunting locals, who’d like to see them thrive

Five O’Clock Follies Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara knew the war in Vietnam could not be won—and waged it anyway

The Book Lover’s Guide to Dublin With the Bloomsday and Dalkey literary festivals kicking off, this is the peak week to get lit in the Irish capital

Why We’ll Always Have Paris On this week’s podcast, Linda Wells explains why Paris (Hilton) deserves a second chance

Nathan Dalah The co-founder of a beloved fast-casual chain in Australia talks setting up shop in Manhattan with ThisBowl

Devon Lee Carlson The fashion influencer, social-media star, and co-creator of Wildflower Cases shares her travel routine

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Air Supply General Manager and Brand Partnerships

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European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

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E-Commerce Manager

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In Memoriam