New York
L.A. Swan Song
Hollywood’s Reckoning After five years of hardship, from the pandemic to the writers’ strike to the wildfires, Los Angeles is no longer the movie hub it once was. Can it come back?
Gilt Without Guilt
All That Glitters Isn’t Gold Trump’s garish redecoration of the White House rivals the interior-design tastes of Saddam Hussein and King Midas
Open Book
Dreams in Progress A new book celebrates Hollywood’s greatest behind-the-scenes photographer
Listen
Is the British Museum a Shill for Big Oil? On this week’s podcast, Rebecca John explains how the oil industry uses the arts to buy our approval
View With a Room
Talking Turkey The new Peninsula Istanbul hotel is among the most exciting openings in Europe this year—but not because of the guest rooms
La Vie Aquatique
French Dip In France, a dated but widely enforced law is enough to leave some swimmers feeling more than a little exposed
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Wine Futures SIP
High Times
The Kratom Kick It’s an upper. It’s a downer. It’s legal in most of the U.S. And everyone’s taking it
Up in the Hair
The Brotherhood of the Bloody Heads A growing number of men are taking solo trips to Turkey—and returning with a lot more hair
