Air Mail

Yanks-on-the-Wold The Cotswolds are alive with the sound of Americans

By Joseph Bullmore

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Rolling Plunder

Putin’s Gold Rush Russian archaeologists are looting Ukrainian museums of gold, artifacts, and weapons that the Kremlin says prove that Russia is an ancient civilization many thousands of years old. (It’s not)

By Andrew Ryvkin

City Guides

Sean Scully’s Guide to London The Irish-American artist shares his favorite spots in Hampstead, the neighborhood he calls home

Books

The Art-World Underbelly

By Tobias Grey

Basque in It The husband-and-wife team of Eder Montero and Alex Raij has created some of New York’s best neighborhood restaurants

By Christine Muhlke

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When It Comes to Book Parties, More Is, Apparently, More If Mark Ronson, Keith McNally, a Real Housewife, and an artist’s wife are anything to go by, it’s not enough to have just one book party anymore

By Andrew Zucker

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Joey Scalabrino The New York restaurateur’s Apollo Bagels is so popular it risks being evicted from the West Village

By Jeanne Malle

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Jack Siebert The Los Angeles–based curator using social media to find the art world’s rising stars

By Elena Clavarino

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The Joy of Missing Out After decades spent optimizing their lives, the affluent are now paying to be bored, silent, and uncomfortable

By Naomi May

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Sloane Crosley The essayist, novelist, and memoirist reveals her travel routine

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Bob Colacello’s Guide to Long Island The writer and art-world fixture shares his go-to spots around Southampton

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Down the Rabbit Hole

The DoorDash Delivery Scandal That Rocked the Internet TikTok, Reddit, and X are abuzz over the alleged sexual assault of a female delivery driver

By Stuart Heritage

Food

He’ll Take Manhattan Rogério Fasano, the Brazilian restaurant impresario, has finally landed in Midtown. Best to get on his good side …

By Jay Cheshes

Highlight

Life of the Party In celebration of Mikhail Baryshnikov’s 75th birthday, the legendary dancer’s arts center is hosting a day-long concert in upstate New York

By Apollinaire Scherr

The New Rules of Ozempiquette Many women are loud and proud about their love of GLP-1s. Does that mean they’ve lost their stigma?

By Tatiana Boncompagni Hoover

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Match Made in Helsinki A former Moscow correspondent reveals how the Helsinki Accords of 1975 have shaped the world’s response to the war in Ukraine

By Peter Osnos

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An Auctioneer Prepares: Sotheby’s Oliver Barker’s theatrics have attracted a cult following of “Barkerheads”

By Bianca Bosker

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The View from Here There’s a better way to remember William Friedkin, the witty, generous, and passionately dedicated director of The French Connection and The Exorcist

By Graydon Carter

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The World in Watercolor Adam Van Doren’s paintings, inspired by J. M. W. Turner and John Singer Sargent, go on show in Boston

By Cullen Murphy

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Albert Kriemler The creative director of Akris answers 40 of life’s most pressing questions

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Why Is Connecticut the Home of Neo-Noir Murders? Rich Cohen takes us inside the “Fitbit murder” and reveals why this tiny patch of America feels like Blue Velvet’s back lot

By Ashley Baker and Michael Hainey

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Photography

Teenage Wasteland A new book of photographs by Beth Garrabrant—the artist behind Taylor Swift’s recent album covers—documents youth in the American suburbs

By Elena Clavarino

The Watchman

How Billionaires Tell Time Richard Mille watches have long been exclusive and expensive, but they’ve recently been attracting the attention of the richest of the rich

By Nicholas Foulkes

Open Book

Flower Power A Dior designer’s take on floral arrangements, a visual history of the rose, and a gardening guide by Martha Stewart … Ring in spring with three new coffee-table books

By Catie Marron

Hot Stuff Things I love right now

By Linda Wells

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