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It Was a Great Week for …

… the United States Congress (or, anyway, better than the week Pyotr Kikilyk had—more on him in a moment): Robert Mueller’s testimony was delayed till July 24, freeing up Democrats to bicker among themselves…

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The View from Here

Welcome to this first edition of AIR MAIL. It doesn’t have all the bells and whistles we plan for it in the months ahead. But as a general roadmap of where we plan on going, it will have to do…

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Here and There

First Scam on the Moon Apollo 11 was one small step for man, one giant leap for some German philatelists

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Hidden Figure

At the Moon launch, NASA engineer JoAnn Morgan took a small step for womankind
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Cam Spence When the comedienne talks to herself, other people listen

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The Château That Ate Provence, Part I The gaudy villa that has French countrysiders in a tizzy

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Small Talk
“Call my attorney and say that I killed Ted in self-defense. Call my publicistand say that I wish Ted the best of luck in all his future endeavors.”

Ferrante Fatigue Why Italian women un-friend the author of My Brilliant Friend

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Style

#MeToo Takes the Stage In London, Mamet’s new “Weinstein play” repels critics but delights audiences

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On the Internet

Instagroan The End of Silent Suffering


Signac’s Lézardrieux, l’Église is estimated to sell for $20,000 to $30,000 at Sotheby’s.

Vue de Signac

The art of French Neo-Impressionist painter Paul Signac is in high demand. So much so that, in May of last year, his 1915 depiction of the port of La Rochelle, valued at about $1.7 million, was stolen from the Museum of Fine Arts in Nancy, France. (This spring, it was recovered in Ukraine and returned to the museum.) Signac, born in 1863, is best known for his contributions alongside Georges Seurat to the pointillism movement. Throughout his career, Signac also painted watercolors: Lézardrieux, l’Église, painted in Brittany, circa 1929, is on view at Sotheby’s in advance of its sale in the Impressionist and Modern Art Online auction on July 24.


The Man Behind the Craigslist for Sloanes and Squires

“What ho, Nigel!”
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Rigoletto, Alfresco

For drop-dead operatic dazzle on a colossal scale, the Bregenz Festival’s floating stage at the Austrian end of Lake Constance takes a back seat to no showcase on earth, not even the fabled Verona Arena. Conventional scenic design is useless here. The action is far away. Nuance is a lost cause. What’s needed is an extravagant visual metaphor that distills the essence of the classic at hand. Engineered like spaceships, each show takes months to build and runs for two seasons, to almost invariably sold-out houses. The new attraction this year is Rigoletto, Verdi’s twisty tragedy of a court jester’s revenge. —Matthew Gurewitsch

Austria’s Bregenz Festival, on through August 18, features Verdi’s Rigoletto on the lake.

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Discover

Supersonic Boom New York to London could take 90 minutes

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Grim Reaping Forest twice the size of Wyoming destroyed to grow food

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Nielsen Enchanted

It’s not every fairy-tale illustrator who could pull off collaborations with both Walt Disney and Karl Lagerfeld, but the Danish artist Kay Nielsen (1886–1957) forged a sophisticated aesthetic that embraced the strangeness of these tales while mirroring the latent eroticism that have made them stick for centuries. He was, in a word, catnip to big-time make-believers like Disney and Lagerfeld. READ ON

“The Twelve Dancing Princesses,” a Brothers Grimm fairy tale,
was illustrated by Kay Nielsen for In Powder and Crinoline, published in 1913.

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Small Talk
“But the real treasure is spending time with friends.”

Nanny State Norland nannies have looked after royalty, rock stars—and even Boris Johnson. His sister recalls the hand that rocked the cradle

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How to Get a Reservation at the Least Accessible Osteria on Earth

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Small Talk
“It used to be for catching sheep. Now it’s just because I love it.”

Michael Lewis Selects three dark horses

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Small Talk
“You keep saying apocalyptic, but I think you mean post-apocalyptic.”
Books

The Liberation Of Paris: How Eisenhower, De Gaulle, And Von Choltitz Saved The City Of Light

by Jean Edward Smith
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If: The Untold Story of Kipling’s American Years

by Christopher Benfey
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Travel Light, Move Fast

by Alexandra Fuller
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King City You’d be surprised what Richard Zoglin learned while writing Elvis in Vegas

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Briefly


Ask Victoria

Dear Victoria,

I want to go on holiday to Morocco, but my wife thinks it is too dangerous. Is there a place we can go where she will feel safe and I will feel that I am in Morocco?

Bob
Winnetka, Illinois

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Elsewhere

Mediterranean Piscine The aquatically inclined photographer Jonathan Becker reveals his favorite swimming spots

View With a Room

La Dolce Como For Remo Ruffini, the globe-trotting C.E.O. of Moncler, there’s no place like home

Marchesi comes to Mayfair.

Prada Puts Pastry
on the Fashion Runway

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Best

Karl-Ludwig Rehse Couturier to the Queen

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Issue No. 1
July 20, 2019
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Issue No. 1
July 20, 2019

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