An Idea with Legs
Prepare for fall with an Adirondack chair that heats up! Noodle on a slew of positively medieval instruments! A Web site to help you learn the Romance languages! And more …
The Last Spies of Paris
Unlike porters in London or doormen in New York, Paris’s omnipresent gardiennes—the eyes and ears of Haussmann buildings—are fast disappearing
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
Moment of Moments
The Albertina Museum, in Vienna, presents a retrospective on Marc Chagall, the Belarusian artist whose Jewish heritage holds particular relevance today
Beyond the Grave
Ahead of his new solo show, the artist Scott Covert discusses his artistic breakthrough and sneaking into cemeteries to create his paintings
The View from Here
A 1960s hoax by liberal luminaries including E. L. Doctorow fueled the conspiracy theories that Trump has relied on his entire political career
Break Camp
For decades, DJ Jeff Yahney was the king of sleepaway summer camps. Then cost-cutting Wall Street types realized his venues could be investments
Kaitlin Phillips’s Holiday Gift Guide
Cecily Brown, Ina Garten, George Condo, Audrey Gelman, and others recommend gifts that are eclectic, original, and sure to delight this season
The Silver Fox Is Back, Baby!
From George Clooney to The White Lotus’s Jason Isaacs, to Canada’s new prime minister, men over the age of 60 are having a moment
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump is in a dilemma, Kathy Hochul is in a dither, and Steve Bannon is going inside. Plus, the strangest news from around the world
From Tadpole to Frog Prince
For decades, Charles Masson presided over La Grenouille, hosting everyone from Edward R. Murrow to David Rockefeller—not to mention a tricky Truman Capote
