Issue
No. 321
September 6, 2025
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BETTER CALL ABBE
Ace attorney Abbe Lowell has made a profitable business out of defending those caught in the president’s never-ending witch hunt …
ACROSS THE METAVERSE
The A.I. in your browser tab is the new Myers-Briggs, only more telling. Here’s what each one—be it ChatGPT, Gemini, or a Chinese model you’ve never heard of—says about its users …
STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH
Ahead of a new season of Slow Horses, Mick Herron, whose books spawned the hit TV show, discusses his inspiration for the Gary Oldman character—and the latest installment of his series …
READ
Transcendental Factory
The poet Karla Kelsey stretches the concept of a literary biography into her fragmentary swirl of a novel…
SHOP
Niwaki
After traveling to Japan as a fine-arts student, Jake Hobson returned to England with his life changed by the country’s exquisite…
wear
Brooke Callahan
When a friend not only recommended but insisted I order low-rise purple pants from a random designer in Los Angeles…
sparkle
Alexander McQueen
The best part about September is observing the new collections as they arrive in shops, and Alexander McQueen’s leather jackets…
DINE
Ducasse sur Seine
The last thing I would ever do in Paris is take a boat ride on the Seine (so touristy). But luckily, my young friend Quentin…
Listen
The C-Word
Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett will never call you “crazy.” Their podcast, The C-Word, originally released in 2019 behind a paywall…
READ
Transcendental Factory
The poet Karla Kelsey stretches the concept of a literary biography into her fragmentary swirl of a novel…
SHOP
Niwaki
After traveling to Japan as a fine-arts student, Jake Hobson returned to England with his life changed by the country’s exquisite…
wear
Brooke Callahan
When a friend not only recommended but insisted I order low-rise purple pants from a random designer in Los Angeles…
sparkle
Alexander McQueen
The best part about September is observing the new collections as they arrive in shops, and Alexander McQueen’s leather jackets…
DINE
Ducasse sur Seine
The last thing I would ever do in Paris is take a boat ride on the Seine (so touristy). But luckily, my young friend Quentin…
Listen
The C-Word
Lena Dunham and Alissa Bennett will never call you “crazy.” Their podcast, The C-Word, originally released in 2019 behind a paywall…
London Confidential Boodle’s, Blacks, Buck’s, Brooks’s … A new coffee-table book takes readers on a tour of the city’s private members’ clubs
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Close Encounters
The art of Alberto Giacometti (1901–66)—so profound in its form and provocative in its meaning—continues to influence generations of artists. London’s Barbican Centre explores this legacy in a three-part series of exhibitions that places the work of contemporary sculptors in conversation with the master. The second installment, “Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum,” opened this week. READ ON
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Monica Ahanonu Barry Blitt André Carrilho Pip Carter Paul Davis David Downton Andrea Ferolla Josh Gosfield Cathy Graham Eric Hanson Angelica Hicks Hilary Knight Danielle Kosann Michael Lindsay-Hogg Ross MacDonald Joe McKendry James McMullan Donald Robertson Charles Dare Scheips Grant Shaffer Ed Sorel Ralph Steadman
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In Memoriam
Peter Bogdanovich Duncan Hannah Jane Larkworthy Douglas McGrath Richard David Story André Leon Talley David Yaffe
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