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Meghan’s Picture Imperfect The Sussexes’ summer photo dump reveals a life of barefoot luxury—and leaves one mystery unresolved: What are they so furious about?

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A Tale of Two Names The editor of Kitchen Confidential attempts to reconcile Tony Bourdain, the socially awkward man she counted as a close friend, and Anthony Bourdain, the cool-cat global traveler the world came to love


The Art of Small Things The best accessories are rarely the expensive ones. They’re the ones that quietly rescue the day—then disappear back into your bag

Shvo Me the Money! Michael Shvo’s rise from obnoxious rental broker to trophy-property titan has been marked by excess and feuds. Can he bounce back from losing his beloved Transamerica Pyramid?

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The Director and the Madman Born one year apart, Roman Polanski and Charles Manson lived eerily parallel lives for years before finally intersecting at the brutal murder of Sharon Tate

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Free-Falling In Richard Russo’s new thriller, Under the Falls, a Nashville singer returns to his hometown to make amends—but the mistakes of his past soon resurface, with fatal repercussions for the present

J.F.K.’s Final Failure In Kennedy’s Coup, Jack Cheevers reveals how one of John F. Kennedy’s final decisions plunged America into the worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th century


The Art of War A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire

The Black Sheep of British Art An exhibition in London spotlights Richard Dadd, the Victorian artist who created most of his works while hospitalized after killing his father

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The Copenhagen Effect The pieces that capture the Scandinavian knack for making everyday life look effortlessly stylish. Because good taste, like the best Nordic exports, is impossible to resist

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The Scent of a Scoundrel In Paris, accusations of elder abuse bring a stench to France’s oldest perfume house

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