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The Belgian Shoes Boom A new generation of shoemakers—and customers—is bringing fresh meaning to an old status symbol

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The View from Here Extra! Extra! AIR MAIL opens a newsstand in New York’s West Village

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Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age From Montgomery Clift to Marlene Dietrich, a new book pulls back the curtain on the queer people behind many of history’s classic films


Editor’s Picks This week, don’t miss a beloved historian’s memoir; a look at early American life; and an author’s ode to his cat

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Whitney Peak Once a part-time Wendy’s employee, the 22-year-old actress is now starring in the next Hunger Games movie and making her stage debut alongside Pamela Anderson

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Old-School

Nostalgia—It’s on the Menu In Los Angeles, martinis and wedge salads at Old Hollywood hot spots have replaced juice cleanses and vegan grain bowls

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The Big Sleep

Lucky Ducks The newest .01 percent status symbol? A $28,000 duvet made of eiderdown, gathered from rare Icelandic waterfowl

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Into the Garden

For the Love of Roses Today’s rose fanatics—and there are a lot of them—join a fan club that stretches from Sappho to Shakespeare to Empress Joséphine

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets

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Great Lives

The Godfather of Punk As the glam lead singer of the New York Dolls, David Johansen changed music forever

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The Dating Game

Cringe and Bear It Why are first dates usually so awful? One brave soul calls in the experts—and tests out their advice in the field

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The Perfect Ending

Joan Collins The actress and author answers 39 of life’s most pressing questions

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The View from Here New memoirs from both sides of the justice system shed light on Trump’s destructiveness—and feature some major about-faces


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The View from Here Remembering fashion’s caped crusader

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Open Book

The Art of War A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire

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Little Britain

Class War in the Schoolroom The new Labour government is hiking up taxes on Britain’s acclaimed private schools. Is it leveling the playing field or getting revenge on Boris Johnson?

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On the Scent

Smell It and Weep Perfumes are booming, thanks in part to a new generation of passionate fans and their heartfelt reviews. Sob!

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Back from the Dead The celebrated Nadia Boulanger’s La Ville Morte surfaces in Athens, then in New York

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After Hours

A Night Celebrating Jonathan Becker On Wednesday night, Juliana Canfield, Bob Colacello, Tom Freston, and others gathered at the Waverly Inn to toast the photographer’s new book, Lost Time

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Music Greats

In Bed with Marvin Gaye In an unpublished interview—given months before he was shot dead 40 years ago—the Prince of Soul talked police brutality, European decency, and his explicit new single

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Travel

Far and Away A little bit of agony and a whole lot of ecstasy make Mongolia the hottest travel destination that no one’s talking about—yet

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Social Studies

Criminals Yesterday, Influencers Today From O. J. Simpson to Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, Amanda Knox to the Tinder Swindler, ex-cons are social media’s new favorite thing

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A Most Wanted Man Was M.I.6 agent Dick Ellis one of the worst traitors of the 20th century—or an unsung hero who first sounded the alarm on Pearl Harbor?

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