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Station Havens A new book offers a dazzling tour of 20th- and 21st-century railway architecture, from Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof to Chengdu’s Line 9

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Lights Out!

Getting into Bed with Bridget Everett The actress and cabaret performer shares her nighttime routine

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A Mania for Egyptomania Early next month, the “Magnificent Jewels” sale at Sotheby’s New York will include nearly a dozen superb pieces of Egyptian Revival jewelry


Muskapades

Mother Knows Best She escaped domestic abuse and poverty. Now, at 74, Maye Musk is a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model and the mother of the richest man in the world

Sex Scene

Pussy Riot The Kegel Throne is the latest device promising to strengthen and tighten the pelvic floor. One fearless queen takes a seat

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Film and Television

Phony Business J. D. Salinger refused to let his novels and stories be adapted for film and television. But that hasn’t stopped some directors

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Go East, Young Man The native New Yorker Jamie Bogyo is finding his theatrical niche in London’s classy West End

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Take Five

Sloane Crosley The writer on what she’s seeing, reading, watching, and listening to—plus, the gadget she relies on

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The Best Reservation

A Seat at Ruthie Rogers’s Table In an interview, the owner and chef behind London’s beloved River Cafe reveals everything, from her issue with truffle oil to her favorite city

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Inside Story

Leave the Cannoli, Take the Oval Office From F.D.R. to J.F.K., Trump to Biden, a look behind the mythology of the Mob and the presidency

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Eight Questions

From the Metropol Hotel to Hollywood In an interview, Amor Towles discusses adapting A Gentleman in Moscow for the screen and the inspiration behind his newest book, Table for Two

Last Rites for the 1 Percent

Beauty Secrets of the Dead Everybody who’s anybody—including fictional characters such as Succession’s Logan Roy—stops in at Frank E. Campbell’s eventually


Books

Twin Peaks

Space Oddities

On the Air An exclusive excerpt from UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government’s Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There revisits the American public’s close encounter … with Orson Welles

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index The Republicans spit out Kevin McCarthy, Gwyneth Paltrow chokes on her politics, and one of Britain’s richest men doesn’t recognize Jeffrey Epstein in the mirror. Please, pick your favorite loser already!

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Listen

Inside AIR MAIL’s 2024 Over-Under List On this week’s podcast, Jeanne Malle tells us about the people and things that were over- (and under-) hyped this year

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Profile

Deep Dish Emily Sundberg’s addictive Substack has made her one of the most influential voices in media—and she’s just getting started

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City Guides

Sebastián Faena’s Guide to Buenos Aires The filmmaker and photographer shares his favorite spots in his home city

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bears all, Clarence Thomas is allergic to flying coach, and J. D. Vance keeps stepping on rakes

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Interview

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gainsbourged From the perils of aging to the joys of parenthood—and the undertow of depression—the French singer and actress is now happily looking ahead

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The Perfect Ending

Lea Carpenter The novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer at Columbia Law School answers 49 of life’s most pressing questions

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A Small Affair Read


Close-up

Dominique Morisseau The Tony-nominated playwright on how her father, a Haitian revolutionary, inspired her familial drama Sunset Baby

But First …

The View from Here Out of Africa: How I escaped from war-torn Khartoum

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