June 29, 2024 – Air Mail

BUMPY HUSTINGS

If you’re an American who’s exhausted by U.S. politics, Andy Borowitz has found the perfect antidote: U.K. politics, which this week sees Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer facing off for the prime-ministership …

NOT OUR RIVER’S KEEPER

Michael Oreskes reveals that R.F.K. Jr.’s environmentalism has often been diluted by sloppy science, self-aggrandizement, and craven funding calculations …

GOBLET GUMSHOE

To the chagrin of inquisitive M.I.6 agents and Spanish Civil War incendiaries—not to mention Indiana Jones—it turns out the Holy Grail was inconspicuously hidden away in a postwoman’s sofa …

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM

Forty years after Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. topped the charts, the country that the Boss immortalized in song has all but disappeared …

NO-FRILLS FAIRWAY

White-glove caddies and familial bartenders are on the outs in Palm Beach, thanks to a new public course that’s attracting moneyed golfers—Charles Schwab included—with an “untucked” ethos …

WHEELS OF FORTUNE

England, step aside. The crown of Land Rover restoration rests in small-town Virginia, where an unassuming boutique produces highly sought-after models in the British style—starting at a cool $100,000 …

TIP OF THE CAP

The Borsalino hat was once favored by Humphrey Bogart, Harrison Ford, Al Pacino, and Michael Jackson. Sam Kashner asks, How did this pinnacle of sophistication lose its luster? …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Buzz Bissinger has thoughts on travel … how con artists and conspiracists took over 90s America … Guy Trebay’s coming-of-age memoir … this month’s unmissable mysteries … a Brooklyn brewery that makes rice wine by hand …

Issue No. 259

The View from Here Looking for some light summer entertainment? Tune in to the U.K. election

By Andy Borowitz

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Shades of Green Even as an environmental activist, R.F.K. Jr. often put science second, onetime allies say

By Michael Oreskes

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Bad Connection An open challenge to the puzzle editors at The New York Times

By John Ficarra

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The Queen of Cups When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted to steal the Holy Grail. Little did they know that a Valencian postwoman had hidden it in her sofa

By Adam Hay-Nicholls

Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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Giancarlo Valle’s Favorite Things The designer and architect, who recently opened the Tribeca gallery Annex Giancarlo Valle, shares a few things that have caught his eye, including an Ineos Grenadier four-by-four, an Ivar Johansson relief, and Gap T-shirts

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Photo: Clement Pascal (Valle)

Flying into a Rage Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is furious at airlines, mad at airports, and apoplectic about his fellow passengers not being as angry as he is

By Buzz Bissinger

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Eye of the Beholder Ashley Graham has been body-positive since before it was a buzzword. As one of the most compelling voices in modeling, she has transformed the fashion industry—and she’s just getting started

By Linda Wells

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READ The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Required reading for jewelry lovers: The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection (1906–1953) is the first in…

SWIM Lido x Soeur As much as minimalism has made it onto our Instagram feeds and into our closets, the aesthetic hasn’t quite hit the swimwear market yet…

SPARKLE Sita Nevado Sita Nevado’s eponymous, Barcelona-based costume-jewelry brand started off in 2011 as a one-woman operation. A decade later…

SEASON Giusti Balsamic Vinegars of Modena In 1605, Francesco and Giuseppe Giusti set up wooden barrels in the attic of their home in Modena to…

READ The Imagination Muscle In his new book, former managing editor for Conde Nast Britain Albert Read explores…

STAY The Pinch Hotel Charleston, South Carolina, is a charming choice for a weekend getaway. You will need a place to stay, and the Pinch should be…

READ The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection Required reading for jewelry lovers: The Van Cleef & Arpels Collection (1906–1953) is the first in…

SWIM Lido x Soeur As much as minimalism has made it onto our Instagram feeds and into our closets, the aesthetic hasn’t quite hit the swimwear market yet…

SPARKLE Sita Nevado Sita Nevado’s eponymous, Barcelona-based costume-jewelry brand started off in 2011 as a one-woman operation. A decade later…

SEASON Giusti Balsamic Vinegars of Modena In 1605, Francesco and Giuseppe Giusti set up wooden barrels in the attic of their home in Modena to…

READ The Imagination Muscle In his new book, former managing editor for Conde Nast Britain Albert Read explores…

STAY The Pinch Hotel Charleston, South Carolina, is a charming choice for a weekend getaway. You will need a place to stay, and the Pinch should be…

Turning Back the Odometer Restoring and customizing old Land Rovers has become a big business. But there’s no competing with Commonwealth Classics

By Kara Kennedy

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Above Par The ritzy residents of Palm Beach usually play golf at their exclusive—and expensive—country clubs. Now they’re teeing up at a municipal course open to the public

By Andrew Zucker

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Air Mail Environments: New York Our latest creation will immerse you in New York’s glorious sounds, from the hallowed atrium of the Metropolitan Opera to the clank and churn of the Staten Island Ferry

By George Pendle

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Born and Broken in the U.S.A. The glory days of the heartland Bruce Springsteen evoked on Born in the U.S.A. 40 years ago feel like a distant memory in today’s America

By Steven Hyden

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Lunch with Emma Roberts On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the actress tucks in with host Bruce Bozzi and discusses the importance of movies that feel nostalgic, the dangerous pull of social media, and more …

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Suffering with Style A brief history of the Borsalino—from Al Capone to Indiana Jones, Bogart to Gatsby

By Sam Kashner

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The No. 1 from Hell Recorded for the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral, “Love Is All Around” was so popular that even the band who sang it grew tired of its success

By James Hall

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Celia McGee On

Do Something: Coming of Age Amid the Glitter and Doom of ’70s New York

by Guy Trebay

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Tom Scocca On

When the Clock Broke: Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s

by John Ganz

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Murder, They Wrote This month’s best mystery books, podcasts, and TV series

By Lisa Henricksson

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The Rest Is Fiction Phillip Toledano’s A.I.-generated photographs of 1940s and 1950s New York, collected in a new book, blur the line between truth and fantasy

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If bubble pants had taken over 1940s men’s fashion …

If Brown & Williamson’s Polite Extra Slims could be exhaled through the back of the head …

If New York had been hit with a nuclear explosion in 1946 …

If a dog breeder’s 1954 championship canines had multiplied …

If New York had been rocked by the Flemish flu …

If a survivor were to have ventured out after the explosion of a Russian spy submarine flooded Manhattan’s West Side …

If, after the flood, algae began blooming on every part of the city …

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Adolf Hitler and the Holy Grail On this week’s podcast, Adam Hay-Nicholls shares the incredible story about Nazis, a postwoman, and M.I.6

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In Full Swing In their only U.S. appearance this year, dancers from Britain’s Royal Ballet grace the venerable Jacob’s Pillow, in Massachusetts

By Mary Cargill

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Alice Jun In Brooklyn, the young brewery owner is hand-making batches of Korean rice wine

By Sophie Mancini

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Bavarian Bliss Munich is acknowledging its past and embracing the future, not least with the Rosewood Munich, the city’s first new luxury hotel in 16 years

By Ashley Baker

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Dan White

The debonair conjuror and star of The Magician chooses a few of his least favorite things

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The View from Here Looking for some light summer entertainment? Tune in to the U.K. election

Shades of Green Even as an environmental activist, R.F.K. Jr. often put science second, onetime allies say

Bad Connection An open challenge to the puzzle editors at The New York Times

The Queen of Cups When the Spanish Civil War broke out, everyone from Spanish revolutionaries to M.I.6 agents wanted to steal the Holy Grail. Little did they know that a Valencian postwoman had hidden it in her sofa

Tennis, everyone? Grab your smartest whites and a Pimm’s Cup. Wimbledon is back and AIR SUPPLY is here to help you serve with style. We have fresh tennis whites, rackets, tennis history, and tennis-inspired lounging covered

Giancarlo Valle’s Favorite Things The designer and architect, who recently opened the Tribeca gallery Annex Giancarlo Valle, shares a few things that have caught his eye, including an Ineos Grenadier four-by-four, an Ivar Johansson relief, and Gap T-shirts

Flying into a Rage Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is furious at airlines, mad at airports, and apoplectic about his fellow passengers not being as angry as he is

Eye of the Beholder Ashley Graham has been body-positive since before it was a buzzword. As one of the most compelling voices in modeling, she has transformed the fashion industry—and she’s just getting started

Turning Back the Odometer Restoring and customizing old Land Rovers has become a big business. But there’s no competing with Commonwealth Classics

Above Par The ritzy residents of Palm Beach usually play golf at their exclusive—and expensive—country clubs. Now they’re teeing up at a municipal course open to the public

Air Mail Environments: New York Our latest creation will immerse you in New York’s glorious sounds, from the hallowed atrium of the Metropolitan Opera to the clank and churn of the Staten Island Ferry

Born and Broken in the U.S.A. The glory days of the heartland Bruce Springsteen evoked on Born in the U.S.A. 40 years ago feel like a distant memory in today’s America

Lunch with Emma Roberts On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the actress tucks in with host Bruce Bozzi and discusses the importance of movies that feel nostalgic, the dangerous pull of social media, and more …

Suffering with Style A brief history of the Borsalino—from Al Capone to Indiana Jones, Bogart to Gatsby

The No. 1 from Hell Recorded for the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral, “Love Is All Around” was so popular that even the band who sang it grew tired of its success

Murder, They Wrote This month’s best mystery books, podcasts, and TV series

The Rest Is Fiction Phillip Toledano’s A.I.-generated photographs of 1940s and 1950s New York, collected in a new book, blur the line between truth and fantasy

Adolf Hitler and the Holy Grail On this week’s podcast, Adam Hay-Nicholls shares the incredible story about Nazis, a postwoman, and M.I.6

In Full Swing In their only U.S. appearance this year, dancers from Britain’s Royal Ballet grace the venerable Jacob’s Pillow, in Massachusetts

Alice Jun In Brooklyn, the young brewery owner is hand-making batches of Korean rice wine

Bavarian Bliss Munich is acknowledging its past and embracing the future, not least with the Rosewood Munich, the city’s first new luxury hotel in 16 years

The debonair conjuror and star of The Magician chooses a few of his least favorite things

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Writers at Large

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Cartoon Editor

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Technology

Interns

OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER ARE

Air Supply General Manager and Brand Partnerships

Advertising Director

European Sales Director

Financial & Business Operations

Account Manager

Chief Strategy Adviser

Chief Merchant

Shop Editor

E-Commerce Manager

E-commerce Associate

In Memoriam