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Past is Prologue

Stealing God’s Stuff He is best remembered as the author of the children’s classics Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little. But is E. B. White also the forgotten prophet of our nuclear doom?

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Rock v. Wade Singing and abortion rights converge in 1972, a new rock opera from the musician and activist Chadwick Stokes, produced by Laurie David and Sybil Gallagher

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Ludovic Nkoth One year after moving to Paris, the 28-year-old artist, known for expressive portraits that center on Blackness, is collaborating with some of France’s most prestigious institutions


A Summer Odyssey Emma Cline has communed with the Manson family and channeled Harvey Weinstein. For her new novel, she infiltrates the Hamptons

Top Hat and Tales

The French Connection What is it about gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin, Maurice Leblanc’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, that makes him so endlessly appealing?

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Great Lives

One-Stop Shopper Betty Halbreich, the personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, offered guidance to the doyennes of New York. Lena Dunham, her friend and client, pays homage to the legend, who recently died at 96

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Travel

One of Each, Please Antiquing in France is one of life’s great pleasures. Herewith, our guide to the unmissable markets of all persuasions

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.01 Percent Problems

Turning Tricks Why are the rich so reliant on party games? It might have something to do with social anxiety

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Ghostwriters with Benefits Victoria Beckham’s former ghostwriter on the perilous mistake Prince Harry’s ghostwriter has made: liking his subject too much

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The Stepmother’s Tragedy At the Alliance Française, Jennifer Ehle goes out on a limb as Racine’s Phèdre

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Satan Ties the Knot The bride will keep the name of her third husband, while the groom will now go by the Slavic pronunciation of his name, Shuh-TAN


High-Society Sound

A Getty on the Dance Floor The oil heiress Ivy Getty lost her father and divorced her husband—but found salvation in breezy, summertime pop

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Paradise Found Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s celebrated arboretum and a pioneer public garden, unveils its new, 17-acre expansion

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Paradise Found Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s celebrated arboretum and a pioneer public garden, unveils its new, 17-acre expansion

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!

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Past is Prologue

The Heirs of an Execution Seventy years after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for atomic espionage, their sons recall watching them go on trial

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His Name Is “Dr. Zee” Mark Zuckerberg: from entitled nerd in flip-flops to … Bond villain?

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Gifts for Men

Chris Black’s Holiday Gift Guide Shopping for men has never been an easy proposition. From the perfect cashmere crewneck to the best travel accessories, to stylish homeware essentials, the co-host of the How Long Gone podcast is here to help

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Thomas Doherty After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion

Finding Gaudí How the playful details of Antoni Gaudí’s architecture turned one critic into an admirer


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The View from Here The anti-Semitic reactions in America to the war in Gaza are threatening the country’s most essential compact