{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"April 11, 2026 – Air Mail","description":"Welcome to Air Mail Issue number 352.","favicon":"https://static.airmail.news/assets/icons/apple-touch-icon.png","home_page_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11","feed_url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11.json","items":[{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-view-from-here","title":"The View from Here","content_text":"Among the reasons Donald Trump has given for waging war on Iran is the need to destroy its nuclear program and eliminate its missile threat. But had history turned out differently, Iran’s Islamic Republic could have possessed a vast arsenal of advanced long-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads, able to strike targets hundreds of miles away. All thanks to Israel.Before the Islamic revolution toppled Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in 1979, Israel and Iran were close strategic partners. During the monarchy, Iran was the only Middle Eastern country to recognize Israel’s right to exist, and Israel—which needed Iran’s ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-view-from-here","summary":"Among the reasons Donald Trump has given for waging war on Iran is the need to destroy its nuclear program and eliminate its missile threat. But had history turned out differently, Iran’s Islamic Republic could have possessed a vast arsenal...","tags":["The View from Here","But First ..."],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/8o3byarzt59dpgxf6kebz54fwnq7-85884e70181d4b9f5dfd59ab53234d59.jpg","author":{"name":"Elaine Sciolino"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/elaine-sciolino\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eElaine Sciolino\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"As a tentative ceasefire holds, the missile threat Trump invoked to attack Iran comes with an awkward historical footnote—Israel could have helped to build it","shorts":false,"banner":"But First ...","category":"The View from Here"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/barry-blitts-sketchbook","title":"Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook","content_text":null,"url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/barry-blitts-sketchbook","summary":null,"tags":["Sketchbook","Barry Blitt's Sketchbook"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/9emuperj5k659rhewu7bk2sat3dj-450cea21f08c9540d11164e73e3f98ec.png","author":{"name":"Barry Blitt"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/barry-blitt\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eBarry Blitt\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Barry Blitt's Sketchbook","category":"Sketchbook"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/politics-positano-style","title":"Politics, Positano-Style","content_text":"Positano, on Italy’s Amalfi Coast—which John Steinbeck described in a 1953 essay for Harper’s Bazaar as “a dream place that isn’t quite real and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone”—continues to capture the imagination, even among those who have never traveled there. Its pastel-colored houses stacked against one another along towering coastal cliffs, a sapphire sea glittering below, have become an emblem for life unburdened by the mundane.But in recent years, reality has caught up to this bit of paradise. Despite appearances, the place is not run on sunshine and limoncello. Tourism has served the town well ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/politics-positano-style","summary":"Positano, on Italy’s Amalfi Coast—which John Steinbeck described in a 1953 essay for Harper’s Bazaar as “a dream place that isn’t quite real and becomes beckoningly real after you have gone”—continues to capture the imagination, even among those who have...","tags":["Crime and Scandal","The Not-so-Dolce Vita"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/uq9aiuyynookdczqvj12ek2h1j1a-2fb48d4c660fe31482f6d1eddf5a0d93.jpg","author":{"name":"Heike Blümner"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/heike-blumner\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eHeike Blümner\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"The Amalfi Coast’s crown jewel draws nearly one million visitors a year—but as a high-stakes municipal election approaches, overtourism and allegations of corruption are exposing the dark side of paradise","shorts":false,"banner":"The Not-so-Dolce Vita","category":"Crime and Scandal"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-fixer-for-the-fallen","title":"The Fixer for the Fallen","content_text":"“Yes, yes, Harvey, I know,” said Juda Engelmayer as he opened the door of his office, wireless headphones in, phone in hand, rolling his eyes theatrically. “Yes, Harvey, I’ll try.” From the 72nd floor of the Empire State Building, Engelmayer has created a niche: the publicist who takes on clients so nuclear that no one else will touch them. The “Harvey” on the phone was the disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who calls him most days from prison. Taking the job was a “calculated” decision, said Engelmayer. “I thought it was a good way that I could propel myself and make myself a better-known PR person.” ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-fixer-for-the-fallen","summary":"“Yes, yes, Harvey, I know,” said Juda Engelmayer as he opened the door of his office, wireless headphones in, phone in hand, rolling his eyes theatrically. “Yes, Harvey, I’ll try.” From the 72nd floor of the Empire State Building, Engelmayer...","tags":["Crime and Scandal","devil's advocate"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/6kmfl0ri67hbcvfxays0cns9owhh-f41964f264147818030a607ebdc71fab.jpg","author":{"name":"Megan Agnew"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/megan-agnew\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eMegan Agnew\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Juda Engelmayer has carved out a lucrative niche defending the indefensible, including Sean “Diddy” Combs and Harvey Weinstein. But there’s one client he wouldn’t represent—Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor","shorts":false,"banner":"devil's advocate","category":"Crime and Scandal"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/sexting-with-prince-harry","title":"Sexting with Prince Harry","content_text":"It is Prince Harry’s last great gamble in his seven-year war with the tabloids. When the Duke of Sussex decided to take on Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, he was fueled by almost three decades of fury at how newspapers had treated his family.What he perhaps did not envisage was the circus the claim would unleash in the High Court: the release of flirty text messages in which Harry was branded “Mr Mischief” by a journalist; revelations about a meeting on a London roundabout; and eccentric legal analogies involving donkeys. The big question now is, will it pay off? ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/sexting-with-prince-harry","summary":"It is Prince Harry’s last great gamble in his seven-year war with the tabloids. When the Duke of Sussex decided to take on Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday, he was fueled by almost...","tags":["Crime and Scandal","Royal Follies"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/1gw0p093ce226pmb8fuw25a43syx-7d64384acf8777fff0553368ce095bce.jpg","author":{"name":"Rosamund Urwin"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/rosamund-urwin\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eRosamund Urwin\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"The Prince of Wails’ lawsuit against the \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c/em\u003e was meant to defend his privacy. Instead, it has revealed a carnival of embarrassing texts about “fun weekends of naughtiness” and Harry’s nickname—“H bomb”","shorts":false,"banner":"Royal Follies","category":"Crime and Scandal"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/initial-discomfort","title":"Initial Discomfort","content_text":"There was a time when a monogram kept a low profile. It appeared on a cuff, or the corner of a handkerchief, or a pillowcase that had seen better days, and that was that. If you noticed it, fine. If you didn’t, no one felt the need to circle back and point it out.The custom started, sensibly enough, in 18th- and 19th-century France, when linens were sent out in alarming, indistinguishable heaps and expected to return to their rightful homes. Initials, stitched small and neat in red or blue, kept the peace. They were clear without being decorative, effective without being showy. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/initial-discomfort","summary":"There was a time when a monogram kept a low profile. It appeared on a cuff, or the corner of a handkerchief, or a pillowcase that had seen better days, and that was that. If you noticed it, fine. If...","tags":["Style","Notes on an Aesthetic"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/oriavegvqw3k24dvb2wnyk5g3nkv-bd2954a1a684148539592bd9ea67bf6e.jpg","author":{"name":"Jennifer Noyes"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jennifer-noyes\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJennifer Noyes\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Once a discreet mark of ownership, the monogram has swelled into an exercise in personal branding. Can it be saved?","shorts":false,"banner":"Notes on an Aesthetic","category":"Style"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-devil-made-her-do-it","title":"The Devil Made Her Do It","content_text":"It is the most regal of meet-cutes. To the clonk of heels striking the floor, a pair of imperious silhouettes converge upon the same elevator. On the left, Meryl Streep as fashion diva Miranda Priestly, editor of the fictional glossy, Runway; on the right, Miranda’s real-life counterpart, Anna Wintour, the former editor of Vogue and current chief content officer for Condé Nast.The czarinas enter the elevator together, exchanging polite chitchat that seems to evaporate immediately from their pursed lips. They take each other’s measure as formidable equals, otherwise they wouldn’t engage; neither would acknowledge mere civilians and ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-devil-made-her-do-it","summary":"It is the most regal of meet-cutes. To the clonk of heels striking the floor, a pair of imperious silhouettes converge upon the same elevator. On the left, Meryl Streep as fashion diva Miranda Priestly, editor of the fictional glossy,...","tags":["Style","Down at the Heels"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/ywg8ppd9egcbwkg46ti0qnoxgfqv-8fa14cdd754f91cc6554c9e71929cce7.jpg","author":{"name":"James Wolcott"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/james-wolcott\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJames Wolcott\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Anna Wintour’s \u003cem\u003eVogue–Devil Wears Prada \u003c/em\u003emash-up is the last thing we needed","shorts":false,"banner":"Down at the Heels","category":"Style"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/he-read-she-read","title":"He Read, She Read","content_text":"It’s an image that has been mocked and satirized incessantly on the Internet: a mustachioed, twentysomething man on the subway pulls out his book, cracks open the creaseless spine, and stares intently down at the page, one hand pensively tapping his chin—the very picture of erudition. You catch a glimpse of the cover—it’s The Sun Also Rises. (If you’re unlucky enough to go on a date with this man, he may ask if you’ve heard of it.)But it’s a phenomenon that goes far beyond just the Performative Bro. It’s the Lit Girl from your liberal-arts college who ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/he-read-she-read","summary":"It’s an image that has been mocked and satirized incessantly on the Internet: a mustachioed, twentysomething man on the subway pulls out his book, cracks open the creaseless spine, and stares intently down at the page, one hand pensively tapping...","tags":["Humor","Small Talk"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/pj6iuq3qno5ugmdc7y4041hgkpgm-a957a70c8ab21c89385c1386020d3b1c.jpg","author":{"name":"Carolina de Armas and Paulina Prosnitz"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/carolina-de-armas\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eCarolina \u003cem\u003ede\u003c/em\u003e Armas\u003c/a\u003e \u003cem class=\"type-overline type-overline-10\"\u003eand\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/paulina-prosnitz\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003ePaulina Prosnitz\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Are there such things as “girl books” and “boy books”?","shorts":false,"banner":"Small Talk","category":"Humor"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/bar-le-cote","title":"Bar le Côte","content_text":"If you find yourself in the Santa Barbara vicinity, a detour to Bar Le Côte, in Los Olivos, is worth the drive. Born from the same team ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/bar-le-cote","summary":"If you find yourself in the Santa Barbara vicinity, a detour to Bar Le Côte, in Los Olivos, is worth the drive. Born from the same team ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/i32r9a238vcndwdyy0s34051jwhe-62506be34d574da4a0d158a67253ea99.png","author":{"name":"Rachel Lesage"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/rachel-lesage\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eRachel Lesage\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"dine","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/unseasonably-cold","title":"Unseasonably Cold","content_text":"The place is New York; the year is 1939. War is the backdrop of Amy Ephron’s latest novel, a suspenseful noir that travels between ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/unseasonably-cold","summary":"The place is New York; the year is 1939. War is the backdrop of Amy Ephron’s latest novel, a suspenseful noir that travels between ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/e39ws2gcuu4k4w72qqea7sntmb62-48b0794625317ce8a77d339ab0b9e73f.png","author":{"name":"Paulina Prosnitz"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/paulina-prosnitz\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003ePaulina Prosnitz\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"read","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/kase","title":"Kasé","content_text":"“’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s immortal line perfectly captures how we ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/kase","summary":"“’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s immortal line perfectly captures how we ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/x1jycb7ju2lln3u5ev2nvrrgm3cp-d013c7496d443690fdfc60d28217b02e.png","author":{"name":"Gracie Wiener"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/gracie-wiener\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eGracie Wiener\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"sip","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/lobjet","title":"L’objet","content_text":"If your idea of a well-set table goes beyond the linen closet, L’Objet’s new Grand Tour collection is worth a look. Inspired by 17th-to-19th-century ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/lobjet","summary":"If your idea of a well-set table goes beyond the linen closet, L’Objet’s new Grand Tour collection is worth a look. Inspired by 17th-to-19th-century ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/wg1qjooy6tanu64dds9myqw043lr-61748a559d1b1b6a09602a4aeb17bed9.png","author":{"name":"Elena Clavarino"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/elena-clavarino\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eElena Clavarino\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"decorate","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/rainbow-dreams","title":"Rainbow Dreams","content_text":"Nothing brightens your coffee table quite like a book dedicated solely to rainbow-hued art. Rainbow Dreams does just that ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/rainbow-dreams","summary":"Nothing brightens your coffee table quite like a book dedicated solely to rainbow-hued art. Rainbow Dreams does just that ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/21b61wu08kp5q6l00yeut9wnltkv-18246cc55800750d0e3e7f7bfa6551dc.png","author":{"name":"Maggie Turner"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/maggie-turner\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eMaggie Turner\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"look","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/hastens","title":"Hästens","content_text":"If you think all mattresses are created equal, allow Hästens to politely, but firmly, correct you. Handcrafted since 1852, these Swedish ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/hastens","summary":"If you think all mattresses are created equal, allow Hästens to politely, but firmly, correct you. Handcrafted since 1852, these Swedish ...","tags":["Recommended","Best"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/guiid9n018ris4bppag6ql1rs7hk-206a03595f4413fadc87aaaa1d333ced.png","author":{"name":"Jennifer Noyes"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/jennifer-noyes\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eJennifer Noyes\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"sleep","shorts":true,"banner":"Best","category":"Recommended"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-influencers-are-coming","title":"The Influencers Are Coming!","content_text":"After years of giving influencers the cold shoulder, it seems Hollywood’s old guard is now shamelessly poaching talent directly from the Gen Z creator economy. It’s a keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer, you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours kind of symbiotic relationship, where follower counts reign over credit lists.The shift is becoming increasingly evident across beloved institutions—from Saturday Night Live (see cast members Jane Wickline, of Tiktok fame, and Veronika Slowikowska, of Instagram) to HBO Max’s highly anticipated third season of Euphoria—premiering tomorrow—where TikToker Vinnie Hacker joins movie stars Zendaya, Jacob Elordi, and Sydney Sweeney.The root of the problem for Hollywood here is that the ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-influencers-are-coming","summary":"After years of giving influencers the cold shoulder, it seems Hollywood’s old guard is now shamelessly poaching talent directly from the Gen Z creator economy. It’s a keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer, you-scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours kind of symbiotic relationship, where follower counts reign over credit lists.The...","tags":["Modern Times","Hollywood Babylon"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/0ywqrhru1xhs8pk56lpkn64vw9w2-4b9f83d4f89982a147409a94428632b6.jpg","author":{"name":"Naomi Bernstein"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/naomi-bernstein\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eNaomi Bernstein\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"Hollywood is embracing content creators in a shaky bid to win back Gen Z viewership","shorts":false,"banner":"Hollywood Babylon","category":"Modern Times"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/broadway-baby","title":"Broadway Baby","content_text":"It’s hard not to glance at the list of biographies in the Yale University Press’s Jewish Lives series and think that you’d have had a much better chance of amounting to something if you’d been born Jewish, or at least had converted at an early age. Now adding to an imposing lineup that includes Baruch Spinoza, Karl Marx, Franz Kafka, Sigmund Freud, and Albert Einstein, as well as artistic luminaries ranging from Leonard Bernstein to Mark Rothko, the publisher has anointed Stephen Sondheim. Daniel Okrent’s superb new biography, Stephen Sondheim: Art Isn’t Easy, is a tightly written, emotionally perceptive, ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/broadway-baby","summary":"It’s hard not to glance at the list of biographies in the Yale University Press’s Jewish Lives series and think that you’d have had a much better chance of amounting to something if you’d been born Jewish, or at least...","tags":["Books"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/xookvtx9idt2wzti45rgfgzb4ovv-aa5e244ae3fdec557c7180791afe8dbb.jpg","author":{"name":"Chip Brown"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/chip-brown\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eChip Brown\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Books","category":"Books"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-godfather-of-the-green-resort","title":"The Godfather of the Green Resort","content_text":"By nine A.M. on a February morning, the temperature on Tetiaroa Atoll—a ring of 13 islets, known as motus, encircling a turquoise lagoon in the South Pacific—had already reached 89 degrees. With Connecticut in the icy grip of winter, I felt almost guilty looking out at the ocean, the blinding white sand, and the coconut palms. The day before, I had flown 35 miles from Tahiti to Tetiaroa, both part of French Polynesia, a semi-autonomous territory of France made up of 118 islands. It was here that a remarkable story of conservation and hospitality began, when Marlon Brando first stepped off a fishing boat more than six decades ago. ...","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/the-godfather-of-the-green-resort","summary":"By nine A.M. on a February morning, the temperature on Tetiaroa Atoll—a ring of 13 islets, known as motus, encircling a turquoise lagoon in the South Pacific—had already reached 89 degrees. With Connecticut in the icy grip of winter, I...","tags":["Travel"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/waeq7mo8dpz5pvv9kr66mfm59p4p-5f71ce1a6b8f853d26c178c563fc6dd7.jpg","author":{"name":"Marcia DeSanctis"},"date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":"\u003cem\u003eBy\u003c/em\u003e \u003ca href=\"/marcia-desanctis\" data-purpose=\"author\" class=\"text-inherit\"\u003eMarcia D\u003cem\u003ee\u003c/em\u003eSanctis\u003c/a\u003e","subhead":"In 1960, Marlon Brando discovered the island of Tetiaroa while filming \u003cem\u003eMutiny on the Bounty.\u003c/em\u003e Today, his South Pacific refuge is home to a hotel that redefines conservation-minded luxury","shorts":false,"banner":"Travel","category":"Travel"}},{"id":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/ruby-wrights-sketchbook","title":"Ruby Wright’s Sketchbook","content_text":null,"url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11/ruby-wrights-sketchbook","summary":null,"tags":["Sketchbook","Ruby Wright's Sketchbook"],"image":"https://photos.airmail.news/243h936zz4e4mknouxovkbs9nh8s-c2082ee2061fb712ce4041b632758f73.png","date_published":"2026-04-11T06:00:00.000-04:00","_issue":{"name":"April 11, 2026","date":"2026-04-11","url":"https://airmail.news/issues/2026-4-11"},"_article":{"byline_html":null,"subhead":null,"shorts":false,"banner":"Ruby Wright's Sketchbook","category":"Sketchbook"}}]}