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Bigger, Better, Starrier Twelve years after its brief run on Broadway, Sting brings The Last Ship, his autobiographical passion project, to the Metropolitan Opera House

By Matthew Gurewitsch

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The View from Here A cheerleader’s call to President Biden: How about less pomp and more pom-poms?

By Bonnie Hammer

Anatomy of a Scandal

The Billionaire vs. the Beckhams David and Victoria Beckham thought they could win the public-relations war with their son Brooklyn—but they didn’t reckon on the sharp practices and bullying personality of his father-in-law, Nelson Peltz

By Jim Armitage

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BoJo Hustles for Work And other curious news about these strange days …

By George Kalogerakis

The Queen of Caricature Before Nora Ephron and Gay Talese, there was Kate Carew, a cartoonist who sat down with everyone from Mark Twain to Picasso

By Bruce Handy

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Private Quarters Brant Lake Camp was warned about pedophiles in their midst. Why did the camp not act against them?

By Johanna Berkman

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The Glorious Collapse of Truth Social, Trump’s Social-Media App And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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The Ultimate Baby Driver The Little Car Company makes scaled-down replicas of Ferraris and Bentleys that retail for six figures. But their target audience is larger than you’d think

By Jonathan Margolis

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Livin’ La Movida Loca

By Nicolas Rapold

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A Cri de Coeur for the Moment Alice Diop discusses Saint Omer, a drama of race and motherhood that marks the filmmaker’s first fiction feature, selected as France’s entry in the upcoming Academy Awards

By Nicolas Rapold

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The Attention-Whore Index Trump, Musk, Carlson—the names trip off the tongue like a list of medical complaints, but which one will get your vote? Plus, all the latest cat-killing and baby-frightening news from around the world

By George Kalogerakis

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump gets down, Kristi Noem sucks up, and Elon Musk fibs widely

By George Kalogerakis

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Prince William’s Eyebrow-Raising News Peg And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

Lit Hubbub

The Sally Rooney Effect Writers, editors, and booksellers weigh in on the new book by the world’s most talked-about young novelist

By Erin Somers

Landing Gear The fountain of youth in laser-pen format; a discreet camera challenging smartphone photography’s dominance; robotic pets finally worth the hype; and more

By Jonathan Margolis

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The Driver’s Test Diagnose your car troubles without a mechanic! The best iPhone yet? A printer that won’t have you running to buy replacement ink cartridges! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis

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Inside the Search for Nancy Guthrie Her kidnapping riveted the nation—as did the botched hunt for Guthrie’s abductor. Yet even as hopes dim, a resourceful task force soldiers on

By Howard Blum

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David Beckham and Rafael Nadal Take to Court And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Written in the Stars The seven-time Oscar-nominated writer-director Wes Anderson has made the funniest, most heartfelt, and most poignant film of his career

By Kevin Maher

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J. K. Rowling’s Goblet of a Firestorm Even when she’s defending Salman Rushdie’s rights, some in the literary world want to see her silenced. Or worse

By George Kalogerakis

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Books

AIR MAIL’s 10 Best Books of 2025 The story of the man who created Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; a bio of William F. Buckley Jr.; a revealing look inside Facebook; a slice of New York history that laid the groundwork for Zohran Mamdani; and more holiday nonfiction reading for every taste!

By Jim Kelly

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In Paris, Breadlines Are Drawn And other curious news about these strange days …

By George Kalogerakis

Aristo Chronicles

The Secret Daughter A battle over the estate of Mario D’Urso—the Italian banker and senator who epitomized the 1970s jet set—gets complicated when a daughter he didn’t know he had enters the picture

By James Eli Shiffer

The Cult of Leica The German camera company, which has supplied photographers from Henri Cartier-Bresson to Annie Leibovitz and sabotaged the Third Reich during W.W. II, turns 100 this year

By Jonathan Margolis

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