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DIVA-IN-LAW

Nicola Peltz’s ongoing feud with the Beckhams has already sidelined her acting career. That hasn’t stopped her from falling out with her publicist, her brother, and—most inexplicably—her dog-rescue group …

THE PIKER PROBLEM

The controversial left-wing influencer Hasan Piker has been compared to Joe Rogan for his appeal to young male voters. But Piker’s zealous partisanship is the last thing Democrats need …

TOWER OF BABBLE

On a Montauk ranch–cum–exhibition space, an art-world scion’s massive sculpture of stacked shipping containers has sparked a fight with town officials and enraged East End locals …

AIR FORCE .01

Private-jet companies are competing for the ultra-rich with increasingly extravagant perks—from Alice in Wonderland–themed children’s parties to vitamin–infused water for pets …

GOING HOMER

Christopher Nolan has brought Homer to the multiplex. But The Odyssey’s real power lies in what comes after war: the veteran’s long, lonely journey home …

CRISTAL CLEAR

From locker rooms to weddings, champagne has been abused for far too long. In his latest Last Vice column, Jay McInerney argues it’s time to rethink how—and when—we drink bubbly …

KENNEDY’S KRYPTONITE

Weeks before his own assassination, J.F.K. green-lighted a decision that plunged America into the worst foreign-policy disaster of the century. A new book revisits those moments, and their repercussions …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!…

Wedding dos and (please!) don’ts … an opulent sanctuary in the middle of the Venetian Lagoon … a scandalous “Ring” cycle at Richard Wagner’s Bayreuth Festival … Caroline Calloway, on the town … and news of the world you’ll actually want to read, in our latest AIR MAIL Diary column …

But First …
Issue No. 367

The View from Here A specter is haunting the Democratic Party—the specter of Hasan Piker

By James Kirchick
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
Drama Queen

Nicola Peltz’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year As the Beckham feud rages on, the private dramas of Brooklyn’s wife are threatening to eclipse her long-frustrated acting career

By Katie Hind
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Games

The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee
Small Talk
“Your deep lines indicate a long future of buying overpriced moisturizers that promise smoother skin.”
“Your deep lines indicate a long future of buying overpriced moisturizers that promise smoother skin.”
Hamptons Agonistes

Battle of the Boxes In Montauk, a towering sculpture of stacked shipping containers has sparked a fight between local officials and an art-world scion

By Andrew Zucker
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all at sea

A Complicated Man Why does The Odyssey still resonate? Because, at its core, it is the story of a warrior’s struggle to re-enter civilian life

By Lea Carpenter
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Air Supply

Summer in the City

Everything you need for staying put and making it look entirely intentional
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Photo: Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection/Getty Images (Madonna)
Guest Edit

Dominique Ansel’s Favorite Things The inventor of the Cronut shares his favorite French butter, the KitchenAid he rescued from the street, Grey Goose Berry Rouge, and the Japanese toaster he swears by

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I Dos and Don’ts

Ins & Outs, Wedding Edition From thank-you letters and short ceremonies to sweetheart tables and weekday weddings, our list of dos and don’ts for this wedding season

By Carolina de Armas
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News of the World

The AIR MAIL Diary A kitten gets dragged into a bank job, Italy’s beach clubs declare war on packed lunches, and other strange stories from around the globe …

By George Kalogerakis
Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop
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Best
watch L’Avventura A foundational work of Italian post-neo-realism, L’Avventura is an arresting cinematic study of fickle love. It all starts when… decorate Simrane Every summer I find myself coming back to Simrane—the family-run Paris boutique known for its vivid, block-printed textiles, sourced… read The Bowery Review Live from New York, it’s The Bowery Review—the city’s self-proclaimed “Best and Only Humor Magazine.” Edited by Tim Latterner… dine Liar Liar Call me pretentious, but I love natural-wine bars. I’m less in love, however, with the petits plats they usually serve—olives, radishes… strut Margaux The fisherman sandal has had many lives: seaside essential, grandpa staple, unexpected style-set trend, and, now, a must-have… read Catch the Devil There are grifters, and then there is Paul Skalnik, a charismatic con man of the first rank who married nine times, scammed his… watch L’Avventura A foundational work of Italian post-neo-realism, L’Avventura is an arresting cinematic study of fickle love. It all starts when… decorate Simrane Every summer I find myself coming back to Simrane—the family-run Paris boutique known for its vivid, block-printed textiles, sourced… read The Bowery Review Live from New York, it’s The Bowery Review—the city’s self-proclaimed “Best and Only Humor Magazine.” Edited by Tim Latterner… dine Liar Liar Call me pretentious, but I love natural-wine bars. I’m less in love, however, with the petits plats they usually serve—olives, radishes… strut Margaux The fisherman sandal has had many lives: seaside essential, grandpa staple, unexpected style-set trend, and, now, a must-have… read Catch the Devil There are grifters, and then there is Paul Skalnik, a charismatic con man of the first rank who married nine times, scammed his…
The Last Vice

The Champagne Fallacy From terrible cake pairings to the myth of the “special occasion,” our wine columnist argues it’s time to rethink how—and when—we drink sparkling wine

By Jay McInerney
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Travel

When the Sky’s Not the Limit The days of simply getting from point A to point B are so over. Today’s private-jet operators cater to passengers’ every whim, from Alice in Wonderland–themed birthday parties to vitamin water for pets

By Sheila Yasmin Marikar
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Books
Clifford Krauss On

Kennedy’s Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America’s Descent into Vietnam

by Jack Cheevers
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After Hours

Letters from Scamelot In her latest party report, Caroline Calloway flees a poetry reading, crosses paths with an old flame at a Paris Review party, and takes a divorced single dad to the Lower East Side’s buzziest nightclub

By Caroline Calloway
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Highlight

At 150, the Bayreuth Festival Welcomes AI—and a White Elephant Katherina Wagner gives great-grandad Richard’s legacy another makeover

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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Around the World in Culture
In New York
A newly restored 4K edition of White Nights, the Luchino Visconti romance based on the short story by Dostoevsky, arrives at Film Forum… On Spotify
Six years after their Grammy-winning album The New Abnormal, the Strokes return with Reality Awaits, a nine-track record… In New York
A Sotheby’s exhibition on Fernando Botero’s New York years traces the emergence of the artist’s signature style from 1960 to 1973… In Los Angeles
Christian Marclay’s The Clock—a 24-hour montage made of thousands of film and TV clips—returns to the city for the first time since 2015… On Hulu
Nearly 60 years after the Manson murders, a documentary follows the cult leader’s granddaughter as she grapples with her heritage… On Apple TV
Inspired by comedies like Dodgeball and Step Brothers, a film starring Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen, and Ed Harris takes on pickleball…
Open Book

The Art of War A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire

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Anna Leska, a pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, as photographed by Lee Miller for British Vogue in White Waltham, England, 1942. The A.T.A. was a British civilian organization that transported military aircraft between factories, airfields, and Royal Air Force units.
A Women’s Royal Naval Service officer serving as a visual signaler, England, 1944. Signalers were responsible for transmitting messages using semaphore and other visual tools.
A group of aircraft mechanics, England, circa 1943.
A Women’s Royal Naval Service officer stoking a fire while serving as a blacksmith, Portsmouth, England, 1943.
Members of the National Fire Service, England, 1943.
A Women’s Royal Naval Service officer serving as a torpedoman, England, 1943. Torpedomen were responsible for maintaining, repairing, and launching underwater weapons.
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View With a Room

A Serenissima Escape The French hotel group Airelles has opened its first hotel in Venice. The highlight? Villa Frollo, a stand-alone 17th-century palazzo within the property that can be rented as a private residence

By Mary Lussiana
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Small Talk
“Come for the eternal torment, stay for the hot yoga.”
“Come for the eternal torment, stay for the hot yoga.”
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