September 12, 2026

BROKEN LIKE BECKHAM

An overindulged nepo baby turns on his illustrious family and flees to California with his pushy American wife. But unlike Prince Harry, Brooklyn Beckham isn’t coming home anytime soon …

MATERNAL INSTINCTS

Monster or victim? Lindsay Clancy’s jury couldn’t agree. Daphne Merkin recalls her own postpartum depression—and the intrusive thoughts she had of harming her baby …

THE FILTH ESTATE

In his memoir, Legs McNeil recalls how three friends started PUNK magazine and found themselves—with the Ramones and Lou Reed—at the birth of a cultural revolution …

GAME, SET, CAP

At the U.S. Open, a branded baseball cap is less an accessory than a uniform, a Honey Deuce not so much a beverage as a status symbol. Our shopping expert reports from Arthur Ashe, cocktail in hand …

YANKEE DOODLE DANDIES

New York Fashion Week’s calendar keeps shrinking, but sales are booming. Michael Kors, Thom Browne, Tory Burch, and others explain why the world still wants a piece of the American wardrobe …

THE QUEENS OF GROVE STREET

At Via Carota, Rita Sodi and Jody Williams inspire an almost religious devotion. As they expand to the Metropolitan Museum and the Flatiron Building, Michael Hainey asks how they’ll preserve the magic …

SUITE SOCIETY

Outgrown Soho House? David Coggins checks into Nick Jones’s St. Clement hotel, in London, where the great and good gather, the rooms are tasteful, and the mini-bar is yours to plunder …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Announcing the 12 finalists for the Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction & Reportage … Gloria Steinem’s days as a swinging twentysomething in New York… how to find a mirror that shows you at your best … Bob Odenkirk on Jeff Garlin’s candid shots of the comedy world … and more!

Issue No. 374

The View from Here Half of America sees Lindsay Clancy as a monster. The other half sees her as a kind of feminist heroine. The truth, I can say from bitter experience, is more complicated

By Daphne Merkin

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The Unbearable Lightness of Brooklyn A new biography on David and Victoria Beckham—Brand Beckham—reveals the devastating toll the couple’s fame has taken on their son

By Sarah Ditum

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The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The Dawn of Punk The Ramones. Lou Reed. Talking Heads. Something special was happening in 1970s New York. It just needed a name …

By Legs McNeil

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Only in New York

For the week when New York remembers exactly what it is—and dresses accordingly

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Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images (Steinem and Onassis)

The Merchandise of Belonging From Honey Deuce cups to Ralph Lauren caps, the U.S. Open gives spectators plenty to take in besides the tennis

By Jennifer Noyes

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Jac Cameron’s Favorite Things When you have spent years thinking about how clothes should fit, feel, and last, your standards become unusually high. These are the things that have met them

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States of Style Nearly 30 years after New York muscled its way to the front of the fashion calendar, American style is as potent as ever—but not in the way we expect

By Jessica Joffe

Photo illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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visit Moncler The Italian puffers that put Moncler on the map finally have a new home. It’s been almost 75 years since the brand found its footing…

read Redwood No one spins a better true spy yarn than Ben Macintyre, as fans of Operation Mincemeat, Agent Sonya, and The Spy and the Traitor know…

dine Doubles There is no better time to swan around the eastern tip of Long Island than after “Tumbleweed Tuesday,” when all the summer people…

look The Extraordinary Ordinary John Baer, who served in the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion during World War II, received a Leica…

watch An Autumn Afternoon The Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu pondered the tension between tradition and modernity within…

read Sez I to Myself In 1996, a retired Stuyvesant High School English teacher named Frank McCourt published an account of his hardscrabble childhood…

visit Moncler The Italian puffers that put Moncler on the map finally have a new home. It’s been almost 75 years since the brand found its footing…

read Redwood No one spins a better true spy yarn than Ben Macintyre, as fans of Operation Mincemeat, Agent Sonya, and The Spy and the Traitor know…

dine Doubles There is no better time to swan around the eastern tip of Long Island than after “Tumbleweed Tuesday,” when all the summer people…

look The Extraordinary Ordinary John Baer, who served in the 644th Tank Destroyer Battalion during World War II, received a Leica…

watch An Autumn Afternoon The Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu pondered the tension between tradition and modernity within…

read Sez I to Myself In 1996, a retired Stuyvesant High School English teacher named Frank McCourt published an account of his hardscrabble childhood…

The Women Who Run the West Village Rita Sodi and Jody Williams have built five of the neighborhood’s most beloved restaurants. Now the duo behind Via Carota are heading to the Met and the Flatiron Building

By Michael Hainey

Photographs by Daniel Paik

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Funny Faces Mel Brooks, Larry David, Diane Keaton … A new coffee-table book offers an inside look at the comedy world through behind-the-scenes photographs by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin

By Bob Odenkirk

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*Top,* Larry David, photographed by Jeff Garlin in Los Angeles, 2017; *above,* David, Los Angeles, 2010.

*Top,* Jennifer Coolidge, Los Angeles, 2013; *above,* John Mulaney, Los Angeles, 2015.

*Top,* Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks, Los Angeles, 2015; *above,* Diane Keaton, Rancho Mirage, California, 2013.

*Top,* Richard Lewis, Newport Beach, California, 2017; *above,* Bob Einstein, Los Angeles, 2010.

*Top,* Susie Essman, Los Angeles, 2023; *above,* Jeff Schaffer and Vince Vaughn, Los Angeles, 2019.

*Top,* John Waters, Los Angeles, 2007; *above,* Stephen Colbert, New York, 2017.

*Top,* Margot Robbie, Los Angeles, 2022; *above*, J. B. Smoove, Los Angeles, 2015.

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Announcing the 2026 Tom Wolfe Prizes Short List Meet the 12 finalists in fiction and reportage for year two of AIR MAIL’s literary awards …

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Murder, They Wrote A new Martini Club adventure! The wisecracking Detective Miller returns! This month, our mystery columnist makes the case for the crime-fiction series

By Lisa Henricksson

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Mirrors Never Lie Or so they say. The trick is to find one that shows you at your best

By Mark Ellwood

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In Theaters

A film follows Oasis on their 2025 reunion tour, revisiting the British band’s meteoric rise and their long-awaited reconciliation…

In Detroit

An exhibition showcases Georgia O’Keeffe’s singular approach to the built environment, a lesser-known aspect of the artist’s oeuvre…

On CNN

In honor of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, a documentary remembers the restaurant at the top of the World Trade Center’s north tower…

On Apple TV

In a new series, Patrick Brammall plays an emergency dispatcher who receives a call from someone he believes is his long-missing child…

In New York

Marin Ireland’s first play, Pre-Existing Condition, returns with a rotating cast that includes Lupita Nyong’o, Hari Nef, and Edie Falco…

On Spotify

Following last year’s narration of Pride and Prejudice, Julie Andrews takes on Emma in an unabridged reading done over 27 episodes…

Becoming Gloria Steinem The artist Barbara Nessim recalls how she and the future feminist icon lived together, danced together—and shared a fierce determination not to settle down

By Madeleine Spence

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Haruomi Hosono’s Swan Song The Japanese singer, whose eclectic musical career has influenced artists from David Bowie to Sofia Coppola, returns with his first album in seven years

By Spike Carter

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The Talk of London Town Four years after leaving Soho House, its founder, Nick Jones, is back with St. Clement, an ambitious new hotel on the Thames

By David Coggins

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The View from Here Half of America sees Lindsay Clancy as a monster. The other half sees her as a kind of feminist heroine. The truth, I can say from bitter experience, is more complicated

The Unbearable Lightness of Brooklyn A new biography on David and Victoria Beckham—Brand Beckham—reveals the devastating toll the couple’s fame has taken on their son

The Weekly Waffle

A positively addictive word game to go with your morning coffee

The Dawn of Punk The Ramones. Lou Reed. Talking Heads. Something special was happening in 1970s New York. It just needed a name …

For the week when New York remembers exactly what it is—and dresses accordingly

The Merchandise of Belonging From Honey Deuce cups to Ralph Lauren caps, the U.S. Open gives spectators plenty to take in besides the tennis

Jac Cameron’s Favorite Things When you have spent years thinking about how clothes should fit, feel, and last, your standards become unusually high. These are the things that have met them

States of Style Nearly 30 years after New York muscled its way to the front of the fashion calendar, American style is as potent as ever—but not in the way we expect

The Women Who Run the West Village Rita Sodi and Jody Williams have built five of the neighborhood’s most beloved restaurants. Now the duo behind Via Carota are heading to the Met and the Flatiron Building

Funny Faces Mel Brooks, Larry David, Diane Keaton … A new coffee-table book offers an inside look at the comedy world through behind-the-scenes photographs by Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jeff Garlin

Announcing the 2026 Tom Wolfe Prizes Short List Meet the 12 finalists in fiction and reportage for year two of AIR MAIL’s literary awards …

Murder, They Wrote A new Martini Club adventure! The wisecracking Detective Miller returns! This month, our mystery columnist makes the case for the crime-fiction series

Mirrors Never Lie Or so they say. The trick is to find one that shows you at your best

Becoming Gloria Steinem The artist Barbara Nessim recalls how she and the future feminist icon lived together, danced together—and shared a fierce determination not to settle down

Haruomi Hosono’s Swan Song The Japanese singer, whose eclectic musical career has influenced artists from David Bowie to Sofia Coppola, returns with his first album in seven years

The Talk of London Town Four years after leaving Soho House, its founder, Nick Jones, is back with St. Clement, an ambitious new hotel on the Thames

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Senior Editors

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Designer

Photo Editor

Editor, Air Mail LOOK

Editor, Air Mail Dress Code

Columnists

Writers at Large

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Technology

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In Memoriam