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The View from Here In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Pino Noir: Part II Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder

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A Hard Game to Love Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit

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The Dark Side of Alain Delon He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life

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Fall Is for Notetakers A tablet that will take your to-do lists to the next level! The perfect appliance for roasting chicken! An oddly useful at-home endoscope! And more …

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Origin of Mother Goose.
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Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro’s Favorite Things Upon the release of their first book, the interior designers share their picks for a stylish life

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A New York Liberal Turf War When the Upper West Side’s tony Calhoun School announced that a homeless shelter would take over one of its buildings, the neighborhood’s liberal pieties were put to the test

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The Attention-Whore Index Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets

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Houdini of History Robert Harris, the master of historical fiction, discusses his Ancient Rome Trilogy, U.K. politics, and the subject of his latest novel, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s scandalous affair

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Tangled Up in The West Wing On the 25th anniversary of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved political drama, Janel Moloney—who played the idealistic Donna Moss—grapples with the show’s role in her life

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A Dame-in-Waiting Lesley Manville has gone toe-to-toe with Daniel Day-Lewis and been married to Gary Oldman. But with myriad new projects—and a fashion campaign for Loewe—she’s never been more front and center

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Small Talk
“Sorry, Rick, but no thongs means no thongs.”

The Last Days of La Grenouille The once great Midtown shrine to formal French dining was finally put out of its misery after years of decline at the hands of Philippe Masson

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Reality Bites In France, the late chef Paul Bocuse is revered as a national treasure. An explosive new memoir by his mistress’s daughter might change that

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The Bretons Are Coming! In Paris’s booming men’s-wear scene, three leading designers—of Officine Générale, Husbands, and Fursac—are from France’s northwestern coast. But is it really a coincidence?

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The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25 On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

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Books

Reagan: His Life and Legend

by Max Boot
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Q: A Voyage Around the Queen

by Craig Brown
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Small Talk
“I don’t even like toys. I just do this so people won’t talk to me.”

The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business Eric Roberts was being groomed for stardom, until a cocaine habit derailed his career—and nearly cost him his life. Now his only addiction is to acting

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Open Book

Poster Child The most comprehensive overview of film posters to date is published in a new coffee-table book from Tony Nourmand, the world’s foremost expert on the art form


Maddie Ziegler The Dance Moms star turned actress reflects on her unusual path to Hollywood

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Olive Grove, by Vincent van Gogh, 1889.

Southern Star

In the snowy February of 1888, Vincent van Gogh, in search of respite, moved south from Paris to Arles, eventually renting a house—now known as “the Yellow House”—with a vision of establishing an artists’ retreat. Paul Gauguin came to stay in October of that year, but left in late December when a blazing row erupted and Van Gogh broke down, infamously severing his left ear. After five more months of repeated psychosis and hospitalization, the Dutch artist, in May 1889, admitted himself to an asylum in nearby Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, where he stayed until the following May, prone to episodes that drove him to eat paint. READ ON


Hallowed Halls Can an electronic-music entrepreneur turn Parnham House, an exquisite but cursed country estate in Dorset, into Britain’s hottest place to stay?

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Issue No. 270
September 14, 2024
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Issue No. 270
September 14, 2024

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