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The View from Here Two Nobel Prize–winning women helped ignite the upheavals in Venezuela and Iran—yet must now resort to extreme measures simply to be heard

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The Battle for Miami Beach A contentious bidding process for a prime oceanfront location has led to a courtroom drama featuring alleged bribes and tawdry text messages

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Blood Feud of the Beckhams Legal notices! Blocked on Instagram! The family fight between Brooklyn Beckham and his parents has escalated dramatically

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Looking for Mr. Far-Right Incel provocateur Nick Fuentes hates women. So why does he have so many female fans? Welcome to the world of the “groypette”

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Rule, Britannia! After 250 years, King Charles has made the shrewd decision to revoke America’s independence

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Knives Out at the Louvre Laurence des Cars was Emmanuel Macron’s personal pick for the role of Louvre director. Now, following a string of disasters—including that jewel heist—the aristocratic curator says she is fighting for her career

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No Fun in the Sun Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s

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Small Talk
“The Games section is how they lure you in!”

The Thank-You Note Is Not Optional! In an age of frictionless communication, true gratitude means making an effort

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Best
read Library of Lost Maps In these days of Waze, it’s a shame so many folks are losing the romance of paper maps, usually stuffed… write Montblanc In collaboration with the whimsical—yet ever precise—Academy Award–winning director Wes Anderson, Montblanc is relaunching a fountain shop Whim Golf Whim Golf, a new golf-shirt company that makes its wares exclusively from American merino, aims to do two things: first, to be… subscribe Heywood Hill We all have that one friend who is annoyingly well-read, intimidatingly stylish, and alarmingly curatorial. In other words, impossible to shop for… visit Spiral Books If you could imagine the perfect children’s bookstore, you probably wouldn’t come up with Spiral Books, because it’s more than that… look Swan The Swan Mirror does one thing: it stops you from guessing. With the help of artificial intelligence, it maps your face and then guides… read Library of Lost Maps In these days of Waze, it’s a shame so many folks are losing the romance of paper maps, usually stuffed… write Montblanc In collaboration with the whimsical—yet ever precise—Academy Award–winning director Wes Anderson, Montblanc is relaunching a fountain shop Whim Golf Whim Golf, a new golf-shirt company that makes its wares exclusively from American merino, aims to do two things: first, to be… subscribe Heywood Hill We all have that one friend who is annoyingly well-read, intimidatingly stylish, and alarmingly curatorial. In other words, impossible to shop for… visit Spiral Books If you could imagine the perfect children’s bookstore, you probably wouldn’t come up with Spiral Books, because it’s more than that… look Swan The Swan Mirror does one thing: it stops you from guessing. With the help of artificial intelligence, it maps your face and then guides…
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Jeff Press’s Favorite Things After decades designing eyewear for Robert Marc and Morgenthal Frederics, Jeff Press launched his own luxury eyewear collection, Press, in 2025. He likes Aesop handwash, A Diciannoveventitre shoes, Yohji Yamamoto pants, and more

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Around the World in Culture

Martha Graham performing Letter to the World, photographed in New York by Barbara Morgan, 1945.

100 Years of Martha Graham

“I want the most dramaticals you’ve got to offer,” teases the choreographer Hope Boykin, addressing a roomful of sweaty dancers at the Martha Graham Dance Company headquarters, in Manhattan’s West Village. Seeing that the troupe has been mining primal drama for 100 years now—Greek myth, political rebellion, human sacrifice, and every shade of grief—that’s a big ask. Whether it’s Medea’s rage, Joan of Arc’s passion, or the desires of a young bride in Appalachia, the Graham dancer knows how to conjure engulfing emotion through spinal twists, pelvic contractions, the deft manipulation of fabric, and roaring commitment. READ ON

Books

The Flower Bearers

by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
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Modernism for Monks What the Le Corbusier–designed French monastery, La Tourette, lacks in amenities it makes up for in enchantment

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Open Book

Rodney Everlasting With the magic of Wes Anderson, the imagination of René Magritte, and the mystery of Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Smith’s photographs—collected in a new coffee-table book—create a fantastical world untouched by time

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A moment of contemplation outside Chatsworth House, Derbyshire.
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Issue No. 340
January 17, 2026
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Issue No. 340
January 17, 2026

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