October 1, 2022 – Air Mail

Kitchen Confidential

From France, Charles Leerhsen retraces Anthony Bourdain’s final, heartbreaking steps …

Sisterhood of the Traveling Brownshirts

As neo-Fascist Georgia Meloni celebrates in Italy, George Pendle shows us how European women have seized control of far-right political parties to give their old ugliness a fuzzy legitimacy …

The Revolution This Time?

As protests grip Iran, Hooman Majd reveals how the long shadow of the Shah’s fall haunts the ayatollahs …

The “Snatch” Gang

From Daylesford Farm, Stuart Heritage reports on how the Russian hacking of this high-end market has Boris Johnson and others nervous about living high on the hog …

Pictured at an Exhibition

From the art world, Elena Clavarino catches up with Caio Twombly, grandson of the renowned artist and now the co-owner of a hot new gallery …

Inspector Gadget

From the Air Mail test lab, our tech-and-gear editor, Jonathan Margolis, delivers the perfect speakers for your study and an indispensable kitchen tool …

Family Drama

From Broadway, Daphne Merkin speaks with Tom Stoppard as he prepares to open his most personal play ever, Leopoldstadt …

Wise Man

From New York, acclaimed actor, author, and director John Lithgow answers 41 of life’s most pressing questions …

Issue No. 168

The View from Here As protests consume Iran, the specter of the Shah’s toppling haunts the ayatollahs

By Hooman Majd

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They’re with Her Across Europe, a new generation of far-right female politicians is breaking glass ceilings (among other things)

By George Pendle

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People, Posh Produce, and Politics The personal details of a wealthy clientele—including Jeremy Clarkson, the Duchess of York, and Sir David Attenborough—are leaked on the Dark Web after Russians hack Britain’s fanciest farm shop

By Stuart Heritage

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Anthony Bourdain’s Last Days, Revisited How the chef’s biographer got past the guardrails of France’s Le Chambard hotel and into the room where Bourdain took his last breath

By Charles Leerhsen

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French Connection

As the fashion set descends on Paris for the final leg of Fashion Week, take a sartorial cue from the City of Light with this curated collection of flown-in-from-France essentiels. Just don’t expect berets and Breton shirts

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Photo: © Les Films Concordia/Collection Christophel/Alamy (Piccoli and Bardot)

My Favorite Things As the founder of the conceptual perfume house Régime des Fleurs, former filmmaker Alia Raza has become known for her singular, ornately bottled scents. Here, Raza shares the essentials she swears by

By Alia Raza

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Photo: Bliss Beyer (Raza)

Ottolenghify Your Life Yotam Ottolenghi, the Israeli “flavor magician” who taught the world how to fall in love with Middle Eastern cuisine, is back with a new tried-and-test cookbook

By Damian Whitworth

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Landing Gear Everything you need to set the tone, predict the weather, jump out of the frying pan and into the air fryer, and more

By Jonathan Margolis

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“I think the most rewarding part of caring for elderly parents is when they call you because they don’t want to bother the nice 911 people.”

The Anxiety of Assimilation The powerful new play Leopoldstadt mirrors its author’s journey from Tomáš Sträussler to Tom Stoppard

By Daphne Merkin

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Access Denied Quintessentially, the accounting-error-prone concierge company that once organized parties at Buckingham Palace, is reportedly facing a takeover

By Hilary Rose

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Whine O’Clock Just in time for next week’s return of Archetypes … What if Meghan Markle and First Lady Imelda Marcos reclaimed the word “diva” and didn’t kiss any frogs?

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A Look Inside England’s Artists’ Houses

From Sussex to London to Cambridge, a tour through the extraordinary British homes of writers, artists, and architects now open to the public

By Patricia Zohn

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Watch Bad Sisters “Bad” may not be a strong enough word to describe the five Garvey sisters. Adapted from a 2012 Belgian series called Clan,…

Listen America’s Dead After the incredible success of Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City album, Ezra Koenig, the band’s vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter…

Wear Liz Lambert x Sabah Leave it to Liz Lambert, the hospitality visionary behind a myriad of enviably cool and idiosyncratic boutique hotels, to create the perfect…

Read Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix The cartoonist Drew Friedman still remembers the first black-and-white…

Smell Celine While there’s always room for florals in our scent wardrobe, a woodsier whiff gets us more excited for a fall of brisk walks and hot beverages…

Bake Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes As the fall entertaining season lurches into full swing, quality cake recipes…

Watch Bad Sisters “Bad” may not be a strong enough word to describe the five Garvey sisters. Adapted from a 2012 Belgian series called Clan,…

Listen America’s Dead After the incredible success of Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires of the City album, Ezra Koenig, the band’s vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter…

Wear Liz Lambert x Sabah Leave it to Liz Lambert, the hospitality visionary behind a myriad of enviably cool and idiosyncratic boutique hotels, to create the perfect…

Read Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix The cartoonist Drew Friedman still remembers the first black-and-white…

Smell Celine While there’s always room for florals in our scent wardrobe, a woodsier whiff gets us more excited for a fall of brisk walks and hot beverages…

Bake Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes As the fall entertaining season lurches into full swing, quality cake recipes…

“I’m sorry, but ‘just plain old coffee’ no longer exists.”

Snippy and Short-Tempered? It’s Charles (III) in Charge! And other strange news about these curious days …

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Picasso, like Matisse, considered Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) “the father of us all.” Monet exclaimed, “He’s the greatest of us all.” They understood that without the pioneering master of Aix-en-Provence, Cubism—among other modernisms—would not have been born. Picasso even purchased land and a castle on a piece of Mont Sainte-Victoire, whose majestic peak—among Cézanne’s most iconic and liberating subjects—dominates the Provençal landscape that was Cézanne’s home and birthplace. Picasso had himself buried there. READ ON

Paul Cézanne’s 1894 painting Sous-Bois will be on view in a career-spanning exhibition at the Tate Modern, in London. Read On

Discover

Caio Twombly The 26-year-old curator spotlights young artists at his new East Village gallery

By Elena Clavarino

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How a Rollicking New Play Came to Be John Lithgow and Douglas McGrath take us inside the making of their new Off Broadway show

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Bruce Handy On

Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks

by Simon Morrison

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Helen Schulman On

Nights of Plague

by Orhan Pamuk

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Murder, They Wrote

by Lisa Henricksson

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John Lithgow

The actor and author answers 41 of life’s most pressing questions

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Willie Tyler, depicted here in the early 70s with his dummy, Lester, was the most acclaimed Black ventriloquist ever, performing on tour with Motown acts of the 60s as well as in nightclubs and on television. Tyler, who celebrated his 82nd birthday last month, is the subject of an upcoming documentary about his life and career called *Hello Dummy!* (which was Lester’s regular greeting to Willie).

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The View from Here As protests consume Iran, the specter of the Shah’s toppling haunts the ayatollahs

They’re with Her Across Europe, a new generation of far-right female politicians is breaking glass ceilings (among other things)

People, Posh Produce, and Politics The personal details of a wealthy clientele—including Jeremy Clarkson, the Duchess of York, and Sir David Attenborough—are leaked on the Dark Web after Russians hack Britain’s fanciest farm shop

Anthony Bourdain’s Last Days, Revisited How the chef’s biographer got past the guardrails of France’s Le Chambard hotel and into the room where Bourdain took his last breath

As the fashion set descends on Paris for the final leg of Fashion Week, take a sartorial cue from the City of Light with this curated collection of flown-in-from-France essentiels. Just don’t expect berets and Breton shirts

My Favorite Things As the founder of the conceptual perfume house Régime des Fleurs, former filmmaker Alia Raza has become known for her singular, ornately bottled scents. Here, Raza shares the essentials she swears by

Ottolenghify Your Life Yotam Ottolenghi, the Israeli “flavor magician” who taught the world how to fall in love with Middle Eastern cuisine, is back with a new tried-and-test cookbook

Landing Gear Everything you need to set the tone, predict the weather, jump out of the frying pan and into the air fryer, and more

The Anxiety of Assimilation The powerful new play Leopoldstadt mirrors its author’s journey from Tomáš Sträussler to Tom Stoppard

Access Denied Quintessentially, the accounting-error-prone concierge company that once organized parties at Buckingham Palace, is reportedly facing a takeover

Whine O’Clock Just in time for next week’s return of Archetypes … What if Meghan Markle and First Lady Imelda Marcos reclaimed the word “diva” and didn’t kiss any frogs?

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Caio Twombly The 26-year-old curator spotlights young artists at his new East Village gallery

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