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Hydra’s Secret Salon On a car-free Greek island where donkeys still carry the luggage, a Czech-Austrian aristocrat has turned an 18th-century sea captain’s house into a recording studio

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Dancing with Light In his Paris studio—and in time for a sweeping new retrospective in Spain—Paolo Roversi, the photographer of Rei Kawakubo, Kate Moss, and Stella Tennant, reflects on a lifetime of looking


The Nine Ways People Are Impossible The Enneagram promises self-knowledge. But its best use is to help you survive dinner parties—and buy gifts for difficult people

George McNally, Up Close The 22-year-old dishes on getting kicked out of school in London; learning the hospitality business from his father, Balthazar founder Keith McNally; and Faux, his upcoming Tribeca restaurant

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The AIR MAIL Summer Reading List From Ann Patchett’s tender tale of reconciliation to Jenny Jackson’s juicy seaside romp, here are the 10 books our editors are taking with them on their travels this summer

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These Boots Were Made for Walking In an excerpt from Too L.A., Lili Anolik’s new collection of the novelist’s letters, Eve Babitz unleashes a fiery tirade against an unidentified boyfriend who dared to insult her shoes

All You Need Is George Martin The genteel record producer did not look the part of a revolutionary. But as a commemorative new book makes clear, his wildly innovative work with the Beatles changed pop music forever


Mother Knows Best Seven Sisters tells the story of how Empress Maria Theresia secured the Habsburg dynasty through the marriages of her seven daughters—including Marie Antoinette

The Sky’s the Limit Fifty years after choosing light as his medium, James Turrell unveils his 100th Skyspace—a Pantheon-size dome in Denmark open in time for the summer solstice

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Ben Talley Smith’s Favorite Things The man behind Khaite, Reformation, and Madewell’s most coveted denim—and a new line of one-of-one vintage bags—shares his taste for Gallery Dept. hoodies, Bob Dylan, and the perfect pair of A.P.C. jeans

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The “Oh Boy” Network When she signed on as squash director at the prestigious and apparently idyllic Westchester Country Club, Natalie Grainger had no clue it was a breeding ground for sexual harassment

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