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Iké Udé’s Guide to Lagos From beach clubs to hidden art hubs, the Nigerian-American photographer and performer shares his go-to’s in his native city

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The View from Here A 10th-grader on reading and writing to cope with gun violence


Open Book

AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2024 Dazzling volumes on Rosario Candela’s New York City penthouses and David Hockney’s works on paper, plus photography collections from Ernest Cole, Eve Arnold, and Ruth Orkin and a look inside an Italian home or two

Open Book

AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2024 Dazzling volumes on Rosario Candela’s New York City penthouses and David Hockney’s works on paper, plus photography collections from Ernest Cole, Eve Arnold, and Ruth Orkin and a look inside an Italian home or two

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Air Mail Diary

Will Prince Andrew Lose His Right to Roam Freely? And other strange news about these curious days …

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The Seasoned Traveler

Kenny Schachter The artist, art dealer, curator, and writer reveals his travel routine

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Market Research

Waiting for Jolie With her new downtown boutique, Angelina Jolie may have created the most sustainable clothing store ever—by making it virtually impossible to shop there

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Adventures in Journalism

Maeve Brennan’s New York The collected stories of a mid-20th-century Irish writer in Manhattan recall a bygone era of Truman Capote and 50-cent martinis

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Highlight

Fifty Shades of White A Robert Ryman retrospective goes up at David Zwirner’s Hong Kong outpost, marking the monochrome painter’s first solo exhibition in Greater China


High Times

The Slowdown A growing number of parents with autistic children are turning to an unconventional—and, in some places, unlawful—remedy

The Perfect Ending

Christopher John Rogers The fashion designer answers 31 of life’s most pressing questions

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The View from Here A lot has been written about Trump’s second term. Kathy Hochul summed it up with a single barnyard epithet

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Sun’s Out, Guns Out

Bullets over East Hampton A shooting range “for the common man” has been accused of peppering the houses of wealthy residents with stray bullets. Who’ll wave the white flag first?

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Books

Murder, They Wrote This month in mystery books, we recommend reading former F.B.I. director James Comey’s crime-fiction debut, which draws from a lengthy career in and out of the courtroom

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The Perfect Ending

Michael Chow The restaurateur and subject of a new HBO documentary, AKA Mr. Chow, answers 68 of life’s most pressing questions

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Landing Gear

Walking on the Moon The coolest way to commute! Inner-city composting made easy! A projector with a 120-inch display that you can take anywhere! And more …


T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world

Paw Patrol

Doodling Along As hypoallergenic poodle mixes grow in popularity, so, too, does the complicated—and wildly expensive—science behind breeding them

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