Role Play
He’s one of Britain’s best actors, and the unassuming Tom Courtenay shines in the brilliant relationship drama 45 Years opposite Charlotte Rampling.
Picture This
Showing her photographs alongside her mother Linda’s, Mary McCartney reveals years of family life—her dad, former Beatle Sir Paul, her sister Stella—as well as celebrity friends like Mick Jagger and Aretha Franklin.
POWER COUPLE
Winston Churchill may well be the indomitable wartime leader of popular legend, but a new biography shows that he had a formidable, oft-forgotten wife behind him.
Empty Plates
Lunch was the meal-time of business leaders and inveterate gossips, and for everyone else a necessary break from the desk. But it’s come to be seen—sadly for us all—as a luxury.
Wings of Desire
American-based airlines may be determined to stop it, but Norwegian Air is emerging as a serious transatlantic flight provider.
Happy 40th!
At a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the release of 'Monty Python and The Holy Grail,' the surviving cast—moderated by HBO's star Brit—gathered to dish war stories, professional and personal.
Wasted
Hardline policies geared to blanket prohibition of drug use are futile, according to a British journalist returning to public life after a plagiarism scandal detonated his career.
Strip
The artist Mel Ramos has painted naked women coming out of bananas, and inside martini glasses. Unsurprisingly his work is not loved by feminists.
Best of British
Personal possessions belonging to Lady Soames, Winston Churchill’s daughter, are up for sale—including signed photographs of Eisenhower, paintings, and a red leather despatch box.
RADICAL
Vivek Nagrani, famous for his socks (George H. W. Bush is a fan), is expanding into men's suits—his empire based in an Upper East Side “batcave,” and on a scorching mistrust of fashion.