Air Mail

Chiltern Firehouse’s Slow Burn André Balazs on the fire that brought down his hotel—beloved by Hollywood stars and housed in a former fire station, no less—and what lies ahead for the London hot spot

By Laura Pullman

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Beauty and Wellness

Eye of the Beholder If sleep is the new sex, what to do about performance anxiety? Our chronically rested beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates the latest attempts to lull us into a medication-free slumber

By Linda Wells

Toy Story

Block Head Nathan Sawaya left his Wall Street law firm to play with Lego. Now his painstaking brick creations sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars

By Matt Rudd

Society

A Stylish Entrance After a three-year hiatus, le Bal des Débutantes returns to the Shangri-La Paris hotel

By Ashley Baker

Access Denied Quintessentially, the accounting-error-prone concierge company that once organized parties at Buckingham Palace, is reportedly facing a takeover

By Hilary Rose

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Uncut Gemstones If the Safdie brothers made a movie about a Christian mega-church, it would look a lot like a Hillsong service

By Nathan King

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Shakespeare on Pointe Balanchine’s 1962 adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a magical tale of love and longing, returns to New York City Ballet

By Matthew Brookoff

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Extreme Body Makeovers Dr. Ryan Neinstein’s kneecap-to-neck approach to surgery nearly bisects the waist and requires a four-week recovery. Yet people are scrambling for a slot on his schedule

By Brennan Kilbane

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The Art of the Steal Within the world of art thievery, there are those who do it for the money, those who do it because it’s easy … and those who do it because they love it

By Milton Esterow

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Going Viral Ben Smith, the former BuzzFeed editor and New York Times columnist, discusses Fox’s firing of Tucker Carlson, the Gawker–Hulk Hogan scandal, and his new book on the age of disinformation, Traffic

By Jim Kelly

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Owning the Lits Fringe scholars have long argued that Shakespeare wasn’t really Shakespeare. So why has it suddenly become an article of faith among young conservatives?

By George Pendle

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Highlight

Spring Migration The Ghanian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey brings an iteration of his “Afrogallonism” series to the Venice Architecture Biennale

By Osman Can Yerebakan

It Girl Diaries

The Fantastic Ms. Fox Julia Fox’s life has been filled with sex, drugs, and Kanye West. Unbowed and unashamed, she’s now taking on motherhood with the same riotous spirit

By Julia Llewellyn Smith

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Lizzo takes a Mean Girl swerve, Prince Harry keeps getting paid, and Commander won’t stop biting the hand that feeds. Who deserves your vote?

By George Kalogerakis

It Never Ends with Them As their frenzied mudslinging intensifies, Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni seem to share a single goal: mutually assured destruction

By Stuart Heritage

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The Attention-Whore Index Can anyone dethrone Harry as he looks for his third straight No. 1 ranking? It’s up to you! Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed

By George Kalogerakis

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The View from Here Will a billionaire yachtsman and former Republican become mayor of oh-so-woke Los Angeles?

By Todd S. Purdum

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Hey, Genius Cécile McLorin Salvant sings art songs for the new 20s

By David Yaffe

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Tie One On! AIR MAIL teams up with Chez Dede on a trio of scarves

By David Foxley

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Wagnerian Army Why is Prigozhin’s Russian mercenary force named after Hitler’s favorite 19th-century German composer?

By John Mauceri

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Where Have You Gone, Bill de Blasio? New York City’s former mayor decided not to run for governor, maybe because he had these losers behind him

By John Ficarra

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Director’s Cut In the 1970s, Stanley Kubrick fought to block the publication of The Magic Eye, a book lightly critical of his films. Now, it’s finally getting published

By Dalya Alberge

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Down to Earth

By Nadine Zylberberg

Books

To All the Demon-Lovers

By Nicolas Rapold

There’s a Nip in the Air Loved, lusted over, and frowned upon throughout history, nipples are making a comeback, thanks largely to a single, ultra-perky bra

By Flora Gill

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