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The View from Here Why the next Winter Olympics may be hosted in the desert

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The Billionaire vs. the Beckhams David and Victoria Beckham thought they could win the public-relations war with their son Brooklyn—but they didn’t reckon on the sharp practices and bullying personality of his father-in-law, Nelson Peltz

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“Let’s try giving him a peace prize.”

The New Cold War on New York’s Streets Secret agents from China, Russia, and Iran are stalking the city’s streets—threatening and attacking foreign-born dissidents and U.S. citizens alike. The Trump administration is turning a blind eye

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The Last Great Media Mogul At 94, Rupert Murdoch—who just launched a new tabloid, California Post—is the last vestige of the golden age of press barons, from Hearst to Pulitzer

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Natasha Pickowicz’s Favorite Things As the four-time finalist for the James Beard Foundation Award publishes her second cookbook, Everyone Hot Pot, she shares her guide to stylishly accessorizing your hot pot

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A Royal Crime in a Cold Climate Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is being charged with the alleged rape of four women—will his trial bring down the monarchy?

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The Love Language of Gifts The best presents aren’t about money or even taste—they’re about knowing exactly how the person you love will receive them

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The Alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show Turning Point USA is hosting a conservative alternative to the Bad Bunny–headlining Super Bowl halftime show. AIR MAIL has all the details

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read A Brief History of a Long War There is no shortage of accounts detailing the centuries-old conflict between Ukraine and Russia dine Crane Club The dead of winter calls for a hearty steak house. And Crane Club, in New York’s West Chelsea, is both a reliable go-to and an indulgence… wear Bolola If you find yourself equally at home in the West Village as in the Wild West, Bolola is for you. Founded by luxury-fashion veterans Martha Merriam read The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp’s The Fort Bragg Cartel is the most mind-blowing piece of investigative journalism watch Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice The Zeitgeist of 1969—Apollo 11, Stonewall, Woodstock, Charles Manson, Sesame Street, listen The Lighthouse The up-and-coming Dutch-British musician who went by the pseudonym “Someone” is finally, nine years later, renouncing anonymity… read A Brief History of a Long War There is no shortage of accounts detailing the centuries-old conflict between Ukraine and Russia dine Crane Club The dead of winter calls for a hearty steak house. And Crane Club, in New York’s West Chelsea, is both a reliable go-to and an indulgence… wear Bolola If you find yourself equally at home in the West Village as in the Wild West, Bolola is for you. Founded by luxury-fashion veterans Martha Merriam read The Fort Bragg Cartel Seth Harp’s The Fort Bragg Cartel is the most mind-blowing piece of investigative journalism watch Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice The Zeitgeist of 1969—Apollo 11, Stonewall, Woodstock, Charles Manson, Sesame Street, listen The Lighthouse The up-and-coming Dutch-British musician who went by the pseudonym “Someone” is finally, nine years later, renouncing anonymity…

Benjamin and Alice Paulin Two decades after Pierre Paulin’s death, his son and daughter-in-law are keeping the French furniture designer’s legacy alive from their Parisian home

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Around the World in Culture
Books

Everything is Photograph: A Life of André Kertész

by Patricia Albers
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The Sudan and the Place Is Called Meroë, photographed by Don McCullin, 2012.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Don McCullin has lived several lives in the field of photography, many of them simultaneously. Born in 1935, he grew up in what he called “a constant roundabout of violence,” in the tough Finsbury Park area of London, leaving school (as many did) at 15. In the mid-1950s, McCullin did his national service in the Royal Air Force, where he eventually worked as a photographer’s assistant. He bought a Rolleicord camera and began focusing on what others, he later said, “cannot bear to see.” READ ON

Small Talk

Finding Shangri-La Nestled beneath the Topa Topa Mountains, Ojai’s oldest hotel reopens with two new restaurants—and two giant resident turtles, Abra and Cadabra

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Dashing through the snow in Central Park.
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Issue No. 342
January 31, 2026
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Issue No. 342
January 31, 2026

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