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Adventures in Publishing
The Truman Show For a young assistant at Random House in the summer of 1978, Friday afternoons meant one thing: babysitting Truman Capote
Film
The Robin Hood of Art How did a British taxi driver abscond with a Goya masterpiece through a National Gallery toilet window? A new film starring Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent has the answer
Eight Questions
High Noonan The Pulitzer Prize–winning political columnist Peggy Noonan discusses her note from Trump, the surprising reason why he is not a Neanderthal, and writing in Edmund Burke for president
Elements of Style
For All Your Death-Defying Needs Whether you were Amelia Earhart, Ernest Hemingway, or a very hungover Clark Gable, the original Abercrombie & Fitch was the perfect store for adventurers of all stripes
Film
Medieval Chivalry for the Modern World Director Joe Wright’s new anti-musical musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has shades of his own off-screen love triangle
Art and Commerce
Kahlo Incorporated How did Frida Kahlo go from being a little-known artist to a feminist icon to a global brand?
But First …
The View from Here How did Thames Water, the U.K.’s largest water company, turn a foolproof monopoly into a $20 billion money pit, leaving the country short on the very commodity it was responsible for supplying?
Dark Matter
Stranded in NewSpace It’s not just the fate of two marooned astronauts that’s at stake—it’s the future of interstellar travel
Divine Comedy
Laughter in the Dark In his new memoir, comedian Paul Scheer takes on his childhood abuse with humor and one-liners
