Immoral Campus
France’s best-known university, responsible for educating countless world leaders, including Emmanuel Macron, is a hotbed of sexism, misogyny, drink spiking, and all-around scandal
The Adventures of Sir Percy
On the eve of his 97th birthday, Hilary Knight, the artist behind the Eloise picture books, introduces a new character: Sir Percy, a human-size frog!
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a biography of artist LeRoy Neiman, a tour of New York’s hidden landmarks, a novel set in a Manhattan women’s hotel, and a new translation of Aesop’s fables
A Class Act
The producing artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater pays tribute to his friend James McMullan, a brilliant artist who has designed its posters for nearly four decades
The Write Stuff
An inter-office memo highlighting Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’s inherent racism reveals Toni Morrison to have been as fierce an editor as she was a writer
Join the Jet Set
A private plane with its own parachute! A digital camera that will make your hair stand on end! Earphones designed to improve the sound quality around you! And more …
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a new edition of John Gregory Dunne’s quasi-divorce memoir, an investigation into a Manhattan-art-gallery scandal, and a short-story collection capturing life in northern China
Style
The Boat and Tote and Me
I started ironically embroidering L. L. Bean tote bags as a joke. Then it went viral
Hello, Doctor?
For just $100, a new online concierge service will connect the procedure-curious with some of the world’s top plastic surgeons and dermatologists
The New Swampland?
Since 2020, branches of restaurants from New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and elsewhere have opened in Miami. But the bubble may be ready to pop
