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Crazy like a fox? Or just crazy?

Errol Morris speaks with fellow documentarian Alex Holder about his new film on Trump’s final days in office—and what it reveals about the former president’s mental state …

All in the Family

John Glatt details the twisted tale of a greedy northeastern Gen Z–er who authorities believe murdered his grandfather and mother in order to grab control of a multi-million-dollar estate …

Flash News

Alexandra Marshall reports on how (and why) Gwyneth Paltrow, Naomi Watts, and other well-known women of a certain age are making menopause sexy—and profitable …

Pie Fight

From Naples, Elena Clavarino reports on the pizza war to end all pizza wars, where Flavio Briatore has locals marching in the streets to protest his bastardization of their beloved dish …

Inspector Gadget

Jonathan Margolis discovers the app we’ve been searching for: it locates quiet restaurants. Plus, a military-grade home-security system—from Ukraine! …

Past is Prologue

Sam Kashner and Spike Carter get the story behind Seven Days in May, the fictional book (and film) about a successful coup against the U.S. government that was so real it haunted J.F.K. …

The Perfect Ending

Celebrated actor, writer, and director Ethan Hawke answers 66 of life’s most pressing questions …

Issue No. 157

The View from Here Is Trump crazy like a fox—or just plain crazy? The director of the documentary series Unprecedented thinks the latter

By Errol Morris

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Death on the North Atlantic Nathan Carman allegedly killed his grandfather for cash. When that ran out, he took his mother out to sea. Only one of them came back

By John Glatt

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Don’t Sweat It Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariella Frostrup are among the entrepreneurs who are making menopause look rather … sexy

By Alexandra Marshall

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A Pizza Their Hearts In Italy, a flashy businessman selling exorbitantly priced pizzas is sparking a passionate nationwide debate

By Elena Clavarino

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The Coast Is Clear

From Montauk to Martha’s Vineyard to Mount Desert Island, there’s nothing quite like high summer along the Northeastern seaside. Soak it up in person—or simply channel that windswept-Kennedy vibe—with these shore bets

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My Favorite Things Carla Sersale, who, along with her family, operates Positano’s Le Sirenuse hotel, brings the same love and exacting standards to her clothing-and-décor label, Emporio Sirenuse. Herewith, she reveals the items that she loves right now

By Carla Sersale

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Listen River Cafe Table 4 Austin Butler is far from the first actor to bring Elvis’s gyrating hips to the screen (see: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, and Michael Shannon)…

Read Study A contributor to French Vanity Fair and Elle, as well as a stylist for Self Service magazine, the multi-talented Christopher Niquet…

Spread Rodolphe Le Meunier There is a difference between the butter I cook with and the butter I put on toast. To grease a pan or a cake tin, most butter will do…

Wear Johanna Ortiz So much beachwear is transparent, barely there, and destined for the textile-recycling bin after a single season in the sun…

Sit Kermit Chair Company Finding the right beach chair has been a process of much trial and error. Halfway through our second summer with a full set of Kermits…

Watch Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons In 1985, Les Wexner, the billionaire businessman behind Victoria’s Secret, was seeking cultural relevance…

Listen River Cafe Table 4 Austin Butler is far from the first actor to bring Elvis’s gyrating hips to the screen (see: Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, and Michael Shannon)…

Read Study A contributor to French Vanity Fair and Elle, as well as a stylist for Self Service magazine, the multi-talented Christopher Niquet…

Spread Rodolphe Le Meunier There is a difference between the butter I cook with and the butter I put on toast. To grease a pan or a cake tin, most butter will do…

Wear Johanna Ortiz So much beachwear is transparent, barely there, and destined for the textile-recycling bin after a single season in the sun…

Sit Kermit Chair Company Finding the right beach chair has been a process of much trial and error. Halfway through our second summer with a full set of Kermits…

Watch Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons In 1985, Les Wexner, the billionaire businessman behind Victoria’s Secret, was seeking cultural relevance…

Landing Gear A formidable home-security system from Ukraine; gym equipment fit for a superhero; a smart app for sound-sensitive diners; and more

By Jonathan Margolis

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Ticktock, the Clock Is Dead She’s a former Abercrombie & Fitch model with a Ph.D. from Harvard on a mission to stop women from aging

By Julia Llewellyn Smith

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Netflix and Bai Lan In China, Instagram influencers and office over-achievers are out, and slackers are in

By Vincent Ni

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“First we were like, ‘Noooo,’ then we were like, ‘Yayyy,’ now we’re like, ‘Noooo,’ again.”

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

By Sam Kashner and Spike Carter

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A Roman Bachelor Pad for Bill Gates? And other strange news about these curious days …

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All the Write Moves In the 19th century, a man living in present-day Liberia dreamed up the first script for his native language, changing how we think about the written word

By Piers Kelly

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At Your Leisure A new collaboration between AIR MAIL and Anderson & Sheppard dresses up the classic work jacket

By David Foxley

illustration by Grant Shaffer

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“Disgraceful! A message in a bottle—in a plastic bottle, if you please!” — “Disgraceful! A message in a bottle—in a *plastic* bottle, if you please!”

Once More, with Feeling Alan Cumming stars in a documentary about a 30-year-old Scotsman who went back to high school, posing as a 16-year-old student

By Nicolas Rapold

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Milton Avery’s star has been on a slow yet steady ascendance. Yesterday, a fresh and austerely handsome retrospective on Avery, comprising nearly 70 paintings, opened at London’s Royal Academy of Arts after well-received presentations this past year at Fort Worth’s Modern Art Museum and Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum. The London showing is the first comprehensive museum exhibition of Avery ever to take place in Europe. READ ON

Milton Avery’s 1945 painting Husband and Wife, now on view at London’s Royal Academy of Arts. Read On

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After the Flood Decades before climate change became irrefutable, the English novelist J. G. Ballard envisioned a much warmer world with vastly higher sea levels

By Jason Guriel

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Making Banksy A new book compiles graffiti by the elusive street artist, from the 1990s to today

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*Mary with Gun,* by Banksy, Naples, 2002–4.

*Top, Slave Labour,* London, 2012; *above,* *Turf War,* a screen print that was part of Banksy’s first real show in the city, 2003.

*Top, Graffiti Remover (Whitewashing Lascaux),* London, 2008; *above, Bird with a Grenade,* a painting included in a Banksy street show for the Queen’s Golden Jubilee, 2002.

*Top,* *Rude Copper,* one of Banksy’s first works on paper, 2002; *above, Girl Frisking Soldier,* Bethlehem, 2007.

*Top, Sweep It Under the Carpet; above, Vandalised Phone Box;* London, 2006.

In 2004, Banksy printed one million copies of *Di-Faced Tenner.* The artist replaced the portrait of the Queen with one of Princess Diana and the text “Bank of England” with “Banksy of England.”

*Top,* *Cat and Dog,* Bristol; *above,* New York, 2008.

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The Only Podcast You Need How did menopause suddenly get so sexy? We’ve got answers. Plus, Errol Morris on Donald Trump

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Terry McDonell On

Dear Papa: The Letters of Patrick and Ernest Hemingway

Edited by Brendan Hemingway
and Stephen Adams

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Rafia Zakaria On

Pig Years

by Ellyn Gaydos

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“My client is willing to settle. Do you still have the leg?”

Unforgotten Since 2006, the site Neglected Books has championed wrongly overlooked novels. Now it’s republishing them

By George Pendle

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Michel David-Weill For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch

By William D. Cohan

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Ethan Hawke

The actor, writer, and director answers 66 of life’s most pressing questions

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I have always been fascinated by people with odd eyes. J.F.K. had a lazy eye, and I think Camila Cabello has one, too, but I’m not sure—she’s fine with or without one. Glasses are just as interesting to me. I started wearing them in my 50s, trying on different frames for new looks, like ties with different-colored shirts. I’ve often painted people, invented them, who have odd eyes, sometimes wearing glasses.

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The View from Here Is Trump crazy like a fox—or just plain crazy? The director of the documentary series Unprecedented thinks the latter

Death on the North Atlantic Nathan Carman allegedly killed his grandfather for cash. When that ran out, he took his mother out to sea. Only one of them came back

Don’t Sweat It Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariella Frostrup are among the entrepreneurs who are making menopause look rather … sexy

A Pizza Their Hearts In Italy, a flashy businessman selling exorbitantly priced pizzas is sparking a passionate nationwide debate

From Montauk to Martha’s Vineyard to Mount Desert Island, there’s nothing quite like high summer along the Northeastern seaside. Soak it up in person—or simply channel that windswept-Kennedy vibe—with these shore bets

My Favorite Things Carla Sersale, who, along with her family, operates Positano’s Le Sirenuse hotel, brings the same love and exacting standards to her clothing-and-décor label, Emporio Sirenuse. Herewith, she reveals the items that she loves right now

Landing Gear A formidable home-security system from Ukraine; gym equipment fit for a superhero; a smart app for sound-sensitive diners; and more

Ticktock, the Clock Is Dead She’s a former Abercrombie & Fitch model with a Ph.D. from Harvard on a mission to stop women from aging

Netflix and Bai Lan In China, Instagram influencers and office over-achievers are out, and slackers are in

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

A Roman Bachelor Pad for Bill Gates? And other strange news about these curious days …

All the Write Moves In the 19th century, a man living in present-day Liberia dreamed up the first script for his native language, changing how we think about the written word

At Your Leisure A new collaboration between AIR MAIL and Anderson & Sheppard dresses up the classic work jacket

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Once More, with Feeling Alan Cumming stars in a documentary about a 30-year-old Scotsman who went back to high school, posing as a 16-year-old student

After the Flood Decades before climate change became irrefutable, the English novelist J. G. Ballard envisioned a much warmer world with vastly higher sea levels

Making Banksy A new book compiles graffiti by the elusive street artist, from the 1990s to today

The Only Podcast You Need How did menopause suddenly get so sexy? We’ve got answers. Plus, Errol Morris on Donald Trump

Unforgotten Since 2006, the site Neglected Books has championed wrongly overlooked novels. Now it’s republishing them

Michel David-Weill For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch

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