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Will the Maldives Keep Its Magic? Amid a spate of new hotel openings, one writer checks in to assess this island nation’s enduring appeal

By Alexander Lobrano

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Sex Education

Bodice Rippers What are young women gabbing about all over TikTok? Romance novels, hard-core erotica, and everything in between

By Hannah Baxter

A Hole New World

Above Par The ritzy residents of Palm Beach usually play golf at their exclusive—and expensive—country clubs. Now they’re teeing up at a municipal course open to the public

By Andrew Zucker

The Asphalt Jungle

Mean Green Streets Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Patti Smith have joined forces to save a much-loved garden in downtown New York

By Bevan Hurley

Cat-and-Mouse Game It was never going to be easy adapting “Cat Person,” Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker short story, into a movie—even with Nicholas Braun starring

By Will Zimmerman

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After Hours: The Oral History of a Cult Classic With his career on the ropes, Martin Scorsese fought his way back to the top with a low-budget, surreal black comedy, set in New York’s gritty downtown scene

By Jake Malooley

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Died, Beheaded, Survived

By Dominic Sandbrook

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The View from Here After two decades of nonstop success and excess, Silicon Valley is struggling. But tech employees still want their perks

By Adam Lashinsky

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The Attention-Whore Index Can King Charles, Joe Biden, and others block Prince Harry from a sixth straight win? The decision is yours!

By George Kalogerakis

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Sweating the Details with Randy Andy A Very Royal Scandal dramatizes the notorious interview Prince Andrew gave about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. But how much of it is true?

By Kate Mansey

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Portrait Mode Iké Udé’s carefully staged portraits set contemporary subjects in a world inspired by the drama of Dutch old masters

By Elena Clavarino

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The Perfect Ending

Hugh Bonneville The actor answers 40 of life’s most pressing questions

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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

Après Moi, Le Déluge

Knives Out at the Louvre Laurence des Cars was Emmanuel Macron’s personal pick for the role of Louvre director. Now, following a string of disasters—including that jewel heist—the aristocratic curator says she is fighting for her career

By Elaine Sciolino

The It-Girl Guide to Going Out Emilia Petrarca, Song-I Saba, Sarah Hoover, Harling Ross Anton, Lolita Cros, Nicolaia Rips, Gia Kuan, Mecca James-Williams, and Liana Satenstein talk holiday outfits

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An Ode to the Humble Paperback From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around

By Sloane Crosley

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Annie Doble’s Guide to Ibiza The founder of Annie’s Ibiza shares her go-to spots in one of the cities she calls home

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Baby Face Pricey serums and high-end night creams aren’t just for grown women anymore—meet the new consumers who are raiding the skin-care aisles

By Linda Wells

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Vincent Lo Brutto and Pablo Stahl With their Parisian gallery and its unconventional outpost at Basel’s private airport terminal, the French gallerist duo is moving beyond the bounds of traditional curation

By Elena Clavarino

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The Seven-Year Hitch Director Billy Wilder wanted sex in Marilyn Monroe’s comedy about infidelity—but Hollywood’s prohibitive censorship rules wouldn’t allow it

By Scott Tobias

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The Man in the White Suit Is Back With his pyrotechnic prose and clinical dissecting of social mores, Tom Wolfe was the pre-eminent chronicler of the United States in the late 20th century. Now, five years after his death, he’s back in the public eye

By Peter Stevenson and George Gurley

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The Closer Look

Mel Robbins’s Good Life The best-selling author wants to re-invent you. Let her!

By Holly Parmelee

Food With a Side of History

Saucy Beast In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where almost everything has changed, a 125-year-old Italian restaurant is hotter than ever. Welcome to Bamonte’s

By Rob LeDonne

Books

Lessons in Activism

By Clara Bingham

Liar Liar Generation plagiarism isn’t just for college students. World-renowned nonfiction writers, including New York Times best-selling author Dr. David B. Agus, are having their books recalled

By Stuart Heritage

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