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Great Lives

One-Stop Shopper Betty Halbreich, the personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, offered guidance to the doyennes of New York. Lena Dunham, her friend and client, pays homage to the legend, who recently died at 96

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Architecture

Built from the Ground Up At 87, the architect Norman Foster has survived cancer and a heart attack. Now he is being honored with a new retrospective and is planning homes in outer space


Arts and Culture

Home and Away Inside the magical French farmhouse teeming with undiscovered artwork by Max Ernst and Leonora Carrington, two of the biggest names in Surrealism

Landing Gear

Swinging into Spring An electric Mini that will make you feel like a Beatle! Leica’s latest camera will make a professional snapper out of you yet! Folding headphones you can’t afford to pass up! And more …

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Comeback Queen

The Runaway Bride Designer Georgina Chapman, Harvey Weinstein’s ex-wife, has managed a spirited return, alongside her Oscar-nominated boyfriend, Adrien Brody

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The Criminal Element

The Talented Dr. Gray As priceless heirlooms disappeared from the homes of Newport bluebloods and Georgetown ambassadors, Lawrence Gray remained above suspicion—and on the guest list

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Mad Man

A Furshlugginer Great Boss The life of William M. Gaines, Mad magazine’s unmistakable publisher, was as large as the man himself

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Mad Man

A Furshlugginer Great Boss The life of William M. Gaines, Mad magazine’s unmistakable publisher, was as large as the man himself

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Eight Questions

Paradise Found Eight questions with Pico Iyer, whose new book takes readers around the world in search of paradise and its competing ideas

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Past is Prologue

To Live and Die in L.A. As residents reckon with the wildfires, some experts question whether Los Angeles is a modern-day Pompeii—and a harbinger of American decline

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The View from Here Here’s why Putin thinks basketball superstar Brittney Griner is a fair trade for ex-K.G.B. arms dealer Viktor Bout


Odds and Ends

Mike Lynch’s Theory of Probability The British mogul, who died on a super-yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week, may have been a genius, but he relied on gut instincts as much as he did his brain

Food Fight

The Death of La Grenouille? New York’s fabled French restaurant is up for sale, the result of a Shakespearean feud among the owning family that has pitted brother against brother

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Knives Out!

The House of Girth We know what hyaluronic-acid injections can do for the face. But what happens when they’re used in the penis? Introducing Phallofill!

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Pay to Play

Welcome to Fantasyland With a ski slope, amusement park, and more than 350 shops, American Dream is the second-largest mall in America. It’s a little bit of a nightmare—and the key to understanding who we are now

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The Anti–Ted Lasso

Tottenham Hothead Antonio Conte, former manager of the British Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur, went down swinging … at his own team. But did he have a point?

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Russia’s Wild Card

Trump on the Volga Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin’s chef turned mercenary, is a gaudy egomaniac with a message: Make Russia (and me) Great Again

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Television

From The Office to the Lab Lee Eisenberg knows funny. But he and his wife, Emily Jane Fox, learned a lot working together on Lessons in Chemistry

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Déjà Vu

Before January 6, There Was Seven Days in May J.F.K. was haunted by the book that outlined how a right-wing coup could happen in America. The movie still rivets audiences

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The View from Here Tel Aviv diary: a visit to Israel in a state of war


BioHacker

My Scan, My Self Is a $2,499 M.R.I. the apex of preventive health care, a whole-body scam, or something in between?

Past is Prologue

From Anthem to Elegy Six gifted young poets signed up to fight in World War I. In their disillusionment, Michael Korda sees a cautionary tale for our time

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