July 13, 2024 – Air Mail

GLASS CASTLES

A sprawling Manhattan apartment, summers in Southhampton, and then, a suspected suicide—how the fairy-tale life of socialite Candice Miller and her husband, real-estate developer Brandon Miller, unraveled …

WHITE HOUSE OF CARDS

As Biden’s support staff continue to prop up their candidate—and dismiss concerns about his age—they’re engaging in a ruinous game of self-deception, argues Todd S. Purdum …

BLURRED LINES

Multiple women have come forward accusing The Sandman author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting them—in a manner similar to the grotesque acts described in his best-selling graphic novels …

BACK TO THE FUTURE

Is that … Forrest Gump? In his newest film, Tom Hanks looks like an uncannily younger version of himself, thanks to de-aging A.I. technology that could change the film industry forever …

DISAPPEARING ACT

Seven decades ago, Frida Kahlo’s immense painting The Wounded Table vanished. The art world is still searching for it all these years later …

TIPPING THE SCALES

Despite the Ozempic craze, bookshelves are stocked with manifestos favoring body positivity and shining a light on fat-phobia and eating disorders …

PUBLISHING DIARIES

In an interview, Fleishman Is in Trouble author Taffy Brodesser-Akner meditates on being compared to Philip Roth, her Judaism in light of the Israel-Hamas war, and her latest novel …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Charlie Rose victim Reah Bravo investigates the failures of #MeToo … French Laundry chef Thomas Keller talks shop … Ozempic is remaking the Hamptons of Denmark … in Nice, a historic convent gets a stylish upgrade … the late Eric Hazan traces Balzac’s life in Paris … Who was this week’s biggest Attention Whore?

Issue No. 261

The View from Here Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?

By Todd S. Purdum

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Oh, Mr. Sandman! Are the violent sexual story lines of the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman jumping off the page and into his life?

By Stuart Heritage

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A Downfall in Southampton They were an ambitious couple who had everything—looks, money, a glamorous life—until it all unraveled and left one of them dead

By Ashley Baker

Photo Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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“Finish this sentence: ‘If Trump wins, I’m going to … ’”

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Chain Gang Trump adds a condition for aspiring vice-presidential candidates

By Andy Borowitz

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Andria Mitsakos’s Favorite Things This American in Athens runs Anthologist, a design studio devoted to Greek craft. Here, her must-haves for a divine Greek summer, including Sappho, Lalaounis, and Norma Kamali

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The Attention-Whore Index Joe Biden is imploding, the Supreme Court is gloating, and Donald Trump is provoking

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It’s Complicated A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace

By Reah Bravo

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Lunch with David Duchovny On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the X-Files star shows host Bruce Bozzi his literary side and talks about getting into the podcast game

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Milwaukee’s Finest Boor How can Republicans gathered in Wisconsin formally nominate Donald Trump with a straight face? Just watch them

By John Ficarra

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Trumping for Britain Nigel Farage, the English far-right populist and friend of Trump, pauses from celebrating his recent election to Parliament to rail against the woke elite’s hold on … mathematics

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Craig Brown

Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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You’re Only as Old as You Look A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self

By Keiran Southern

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SHOP Objects of Use “If there’s joy to be found in peeling carrots—or cleaning book spines, scrubbing sinks, and brushing soil from mushrooms, for that matter…

CARRY Bamford x CubaLab Bamford’s collaborations (especially the breezy summer dresses designed by stylist Martha Ward) occupy a disproportionate…

VISIT “Models” at Avant Gallery After a long and fruitful career in journalism, most memorably as the founder and C.E.O. of Fashion…

READ A Boy at the Hogarth Press This is a gem of a book. Actually, it is two gems in one book. A Boy at the Hogarth Press is a delightful…

DINE The Cocochine For the past three decades, Hamiltons Gallery owner Tim Jefferies has been known primarily as a photography dealer…

WATCH N/A Democrats are dangerously divided between the party mandarins who enabled Joe Biden to run again against Donald Trump…

SHOP Objects of Use “If there’s joy to be found in peeling carrots—or cleaning book spines, scrubbing sinks, and brushing soil from mushrooms, for that matter…

CARRY Bamford x CubaLab Bamford’s collaborations (especially the breezy summer dresses designed by stylist Martha Ward) occupy a disproportionate…

VISIT “Models” at Avant Gallery After a long and fruitful career in journalism, most memorably as the founder and C.E.O. of Fashion…

READ A Boy at the Hogarth Press This is a gem of a book. Actually, it is two gems in one book. A Boy at the Hogarth Press is a delightful…

DINE The Cocochine For the past three decades, Hamiltons Gallery owner Tim Jefferies has been known primarily as a photography dealer…

WATCH N/A Democrats are dangerously divided between the party mandarins who enabled Joe Biden to run again against Donald Trump…

The Troubles of Taffy Brodesser-Akner The author of the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble has money issues, religious worries, and anxiety about her next novel. It’s not easy being “the female Philip Roth”

By Julia Llewellyn Smith

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Nicolas Rapold On

Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls

by Susan Seidelman

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Tobias Grey On

Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy

by Eric Hazan

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“He’s a man of his word, and that word is ‘dude.’”

Ozempic Meets Its Match From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases

By Madeline Howard

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Better by Design From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism

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*Top,* St. Theresia Church, by Rudolf Schwarz, completed in 1962 in Linz, Austria; *above,* St. Paulus Church, by Fritz Schaller, in Neuss, Germany, 1968.

St. Nicholas Church, by Walter Maria Förderer, in Hérémence, Switzerland, 1971.

Christi Auferstehung Church, by Gottfried Böhm, in Cologne, Germany, 1970.

*Top,* the Temple of Monte Grisa, by Antonio Guacci, in Trieste, Italy, 1965; *above,* Saint Dominic Church, by Wladyslaw Pieńkowski, in Warsaw, 1994.

*Top,* Santa Maria Immacolata Church, by Giovanni Michelucci, in Longarone, Italy, 1983; *above,* Heilig-Kreuz Church, by Hannes Lintl, in Vienna, 1975.

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The Hamptons of Denmark Ozempic manufacturer Novo Nordisk has transformed Denmark’s economy—and the country’s low-key beach towns are not immune

By Mary Holland

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The Provençal town of Mougins—a petite, picturesque spiral perched on a hilltop between Cannes and Grasse—has proved irresistible to many artists, among them Francis Picabia, Fernand Léger, Jean Cocteau, Isadora Duncan, and Man Ray. The protean Pablo Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life in a palatial villa just outside the town. In a move calculated to roll the big man over in his grave (which is not in Mougins, as the mayor is said to have refused the burial of the “billionaire communist”), the town is now home to the first private museum in Europe exclusively dedicated to art created by women. READ ON

Prophecy, by Lee Krasner, 1956. Read On

Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess? On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next

Read On

Daylesford-sur-Mer The organic-farm-shop empire has opened a winery and stylish beachside restaurant on the Côte d’Azur

By Tony Turnbull

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Thomas Doherty After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion

By Jeanne Malle

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Answered Prayers At Hôtel du Couvent, in Nice, a historic convent has been reimagined as a stylish and serene hotel

By Alexander Lobrano

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Thomas Keller

The chef and owner of the French Laundry chooses a few of his least favorite things

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The View from Here Who are you going to believe? Joe or your lying eyes?

Oh, Mr. Sandman! Are the violent sexual story lines of the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman jumping off the page and into his life?

A Downfall in Southampton They were an ambitious couple who had everything—looks, money, a glamorous life—until it all unraveled and left one of them dead

Chain Gang Trump adds a condition for aspiring vice-presidential candidates

Andria Mitsakos’s Favorite Things This American in Athens runs Anthologist, a design studio devoted to Greek craft. Here, her must-haves for a divine Greek summer, including Sappho, Lalaounis, and Norma Kamali

The Attention-Whore Index Joe Biden is imploding, the Supreme Court is gloating, and Donald Trump is provoking

It’s Complicated A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace

Lunch with David Duchovny On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the X-Files star shows host Bruce Bozzi his literary side and talks about getting into the podcast game

Milwaukee’s Finest Boor How can Republicans gathered in Wisconsin formally nominate Donald Trump with a straight face? Just watch them

Frida Kahlo’s painting The Wounded Table vanished in 1955. The hunt for it continues

Trumping for Britain Nigel Farage, the English far-right populist and friend of Trump, pauses from celebrating his recent election to Parliament to rail against the woke elite’s hold on … mathematics

You’re Only as Old as You Look A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self

The Troubles of Taffy Brodesser-Akner The author of the best-selling Fleishman Is in Trouble has money issues, religious worries, and anxiety about her next novel. It’s not easy being “the female Philip Roth”

Ozempic Meets Its Match From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases

Better by Design From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism

The Hamptons of Denmark Ozempic manufacturer Novo Nordisk has transformed Denmark’s economy—and the country’s low-key beach towns are not immune

Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess? On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next

Daylesford-sur-Mer The organic-farm-shop empire has opened a winery and stylish beachside restaurant on the Côte d’Azur

Thomas Doherty After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion

Answered Prayers At Hôtel du Couvent, in Nice, a historic convent has been reimagined as a stylish and serene hotel

The chef and owner of the French Laundry chooses a few of his least favorite things

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