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July 6, 2024
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LESSONS IN SENESCENCE

Like catching your parents having sex, you can’t unsee what you’ve seen, says Graydon Carter, who argues that Biden’s debate performance proves he should not seek re-election …

NOT YOUR CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD ENDING

Inside the 50-year-old unsolved murder of Cynthia Bouron, a mother who supposedly had flings with Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra before being bludgeoned to death in L.A. …

THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KING BUILT

Black homeowners have driven Hancock Park’s residential boom, yet in the 40s that same L.A. neighborhood took great pains to keep Nat King Cole out …

BOATLOADS OF CASH

The Ukraine war may preclude Russian oligarchs from ordering new super-yachts, but the market is flourishing like never before, thanks to Jeff Bezos and others …

FAB FOUR COLLECTIBLES

With Paul McCartney’s bass guitar and John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics going for millions at auction, the Beatles would’ve done well to stow away anything and everything they touched …

FROM SEA TO DINING SEA

What do SoHo and Beverly Hills have in common? For starters, a Cipriani, which is just one in a wave of hopping New York restaurants that have migrated to the Golden State …

THE CALL OF THE WILD

Meet Bill Mason, the celebrated author, filmmaker, champion of the natural world, and “patron saint of canoeing” …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Bernie Madoff’s lessons in madness … a never-before-published interview with Marvin Gaye … a Harlem Renaissance–flavored Midsummer Night’s Dream … Heckfield Place is right out of Jane Austen … Elizabeth Debicki’s guide to the good life … a minimalist phone that might just make you dump Apple …

But First …
Issue No. 260

The View from Here Time waits for no one, and it won’t wait for Joe

By Graydon Carter
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Cold Case in a Warm Climate

To Catch a Murderer In 1973, Cynthia Bouron, a notorious Hollywood hanger-on who publicly alleged that Cary Grant fathered her child, was brutally killed. Why has the case remained unsolved?

By Hadley Meares
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHOP CHOPPISH SHOP
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Air Supply

And … We’re Off!

Summer travel plans? We hope so, and we’re here to help. Consider AIR SUPPLY’s packing list a sort of manifestation guide for the kind of trip you’ll have. A Métier weekend bag, a Sangre de Fruta toiletries set, and an Attersee evening wrap set it off on the right path
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Photo: Steve Schapiro/Corbis/Getty Images (Hardy)
Guest Edit

Glynnis MacNicol’s Favorite Things The author of I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself shares her must-haves for the well-earned pursuit of pleasure, including Audre Lorde essays, an Hermès scarf, and a Polaroid camera

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Photo: Jamie Magnifico (MacNicol)
Letter from L.A.

Hancock Park’s Checkered History When Nat King Cole moved in, the Los Angeles neighborhood was all white. And residents wanted it to stay that way

By David Christopher Kaufman
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Landing Gear

Global Transmission Listen to music without borders! Get rid of your smartphone! Tell time with … silicon? And more …

By Jonathan Margolis
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Small Talk
“So, are you a mime, a puppeteer, or a ventriloquist?”
“So, are you a mime, a puppeteer, or a ventriloquist?”
Beatles for Sale

All You Need Is Loot The market for Beatles memorabilia is valued in the billions and continues to climb. But will your kids care if you own John and Yoko’s Delft porcelain toilet?

By Mike Lafavore
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Best
READ Trash Talk It’s been 60 years since a 24-year-old Cassius Clay barreled into the Miami Convention Center to take on the world… SPARKLE Mejuri In the summer, earrings needn’t be too fussy, which is why Mejuri’s Stevie Hoops are such welcome news. Inspired by… READ Hustlers in the Ivory Tower If you think the press is held in low esteem today, imagine what French novelists thought of journalism… FLOAT Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Pool floaties aren’t always aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be… WEAR TWP Perhaps you have purchased enough cotton T-shirts to have found the perfect-fitting one. Well, bad news for you: it’s time… VISIT Prada The Prada boutique has become one of East Hampton’s most popular landmarks, at the corner of Main Street and Newtown Lane… READ Trash Talk It’s been 60 years since a 24-year-old Cassius Clay barreled into the Miami Convention Center to take on the world… SPARKLE Mejuri In the summer, earrings needn’t be too fussy, which is why Mejuri’s Stevie Hoops are such welcome news. Inspired by… READ Hustlers in the Ivory Tower If you think the press is held in low esteem today, imagine what French novelists thought of journalism… FLOAT Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc Pool floaties aren’t always aesthetically pleasing, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be… WEAR TWP Perhaps you have purchased enough cotton T-shirts to have found the perfect-fitting one. Well, bad news for you: it’s time… VISIT Prada The Prada boutique has become one of East Hampton’s most popular landmarks, at the corner of Main Street and Newtown Lane…
The Restaurant World

L.A. Plays New York In the past few years, New York City’s buzziest restaurants have been exported to Miami. Now they’re landing in Los Angeles

By Susan Campos
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The Boats That Rocked

Going Overboard Though the Russia-Ukraine war has disqualified oligarchs from buying super-yachts (at least legitimately), the market for floating pleasure palaces for the Über-wealthy is booming

By Jonathan Margolis
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Music Greats

In Bed with Marvin Gaye In an unpublished interview—given months before he was shot dead 40 years ago—the Prince of Soul talked police brutality, European decency, and his explicit new single

By Paul Slansky
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Artist of the Floating World

The Patron Saint of Canoeing The amiable adventurer Bill Mason was like a cross between David Attenborough and Bob Ross

By Spike Carter
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Books
Bethany McLean On

Madoff: The Final Word

by Richard Behar
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Tim Bouverie On

Empire’s Son, Empire’s Orphan: The Fantastical Lives of Ikbal and Idries Shah

by Nile Green
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Small Talk
“This is just a model, but you get the idea.”
“This is just a model, but you get the idea.”
Mystery

A Very Deadly Year Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Georges Simenon all published murderous masterpieces in the same year. Why?

By Susie Goldsbrough
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Open House

Seaside Splendors A new book spotlights the Amalfi Coast’s most picturesque homes

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The neoclassical-style Villa Astor, in Sorrento.
Villa Astor’s parlor, adorned with bas-relief frescoes, Empire-style furniture, and an antique marble sculpture of Cybele.
The view from Villa Torre di Capo Vettica, an early-20th-century house in Amalfi.
Giuseppe Ducrot’s neo-Baroque fountain at Positano’s Le Sirenuse hotel.
Inside Villa Templa Mare, in Ravello, a house characterized by its Islamic-style mosaic floor.
An outside view of Villa Cimbrone, a hotel in Ravello.
A room in Le Sirenuse.
The kitchen in Villa Torre di Capo Vettica, decorated with ceramic floors by the American designer Ernestine Virden-Cannon.
Gothic and Arabic styles intersect in Villa Cimbrone.
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Small Talk
Listen

Graydon Carter on Joe Biden’s Future On this week’s podcast, AIR MAIL’s co-editor talks about why the president needs to drop out

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Highlight

Dream Time Alfresco Way above 96th Street, Shakespeare’s midsummer madness in classical Harlem Renaissance style

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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Close-up

Hallie Meyer For five years, the chef’s Manhattan ice-cream shop, Caffè Panna, has had lines around the block. Now she’s opening an outpost in Brooklyn

By Jeanne Malle
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View With a Room

The New Hampshire Heckfield Place, a grand hotel and spa occupying 438 acres of the English countryside, ushers in a new era of cosseting hospitality

By Victoria Mather
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The Perfect Ending

Elizabeth Debicki

The Golden Globe–winning actress answers 30 of life’s most pressing questions
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Xuetong Wang’s Sketchbook
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Bangkok, a sun-kissed city rich in food culture and Buddhist traditions, is sweet and spicy. Lively stalls offer an abundance of seafood and tropical fruits, with smoothie stands at every corner. Vibrant, candy-colored hues surround you. These drawings are based on my trip around Bangkok last December.
Bangkok, a sun-kissed city rich in food culture and Buddhist traditions, is sweet and spicy. Lively stalls offer an abundance of seafood and tropical fruits, with smoothie stands at every corner. Vibrant, candy-colored hues surround you. These drawings are based on my trip around Bangkok last December.
Bangkok, a sun-kissed city rich in food culture and Buddhist traditions, is sweet and spicy. Lively stalls offer an abundance of seafood and tropical fruits, with smoothie stands at every corner. Vibrant, candy-colored hues surround you. These drawings are based on my trip around Bangkok last December.
Bangkok, a sun-kissed city rich in food culture and Buddhist traditions, is sweet and spicy. Lively stalls offer an abundance of seafood and tropical fruits, with smoothie stands at every corner. Vibrant, candy-colored hues surround you. These drawings are based on my trip around Bangkok last December.
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