New York
Polite Society
The Swan Who Was Spared The real reason Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham, Truman Capote’s guest of honor at the Black and White Ball, was the only “swan” he didn’t betray
The Music World
Lily Allen’s Revenge Era The star who redefined confessional pop—and aired the wreckage of her marriage on West End Girl—is now taking her show on the road
Books
Growing Up Gilman
Real-Estate Wars
Bleak House, New York–Style For a quarter-century, artists, activists, and plutocrats have been battling over the future of a former public school in the East Village. Is the end finally in sight?
Past is Prologue
War Crimes Sixty years ago, a Russian poet inspired the creation of a Holocaust memorial at Babi Yar, in Ukraine. This year, a Russian missile strike nearly destroyed it
National Bête Noire
The Face in the Mirror James Corden’s chummy charm conquered America, but the United Kingdom isn’t so keen
Buttering the Croisette
Beating the System When every studio in Hollywood passed on Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola—the most successful movie director on the planet—became an independent filmmaker
The Tech Underbelly
Hell on Wheels Thousands of confidential files leaked by a Tesla employee reveal noxious working conditions, flawed technology, and a delusional, unstable C.E.O.
