Sure, you can hit Harrods. But the British capital also has small specialized shops, some centuries old and still crafting items by hand. Here, a selection of singular shopping experiences.A bottle of gin, a Paddington bear or a wicker picnic hamper full of ja... More »
This unexpected combo will make the flavor and texture really stand out.Chris Simpson for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas.In the Palatinate region of Germany, fields and fields of cornstalks frame the old na... More »
In “Defectors,” the journalist Paola Ramos interviews MAGA supporters, Proud Boys and others to investigate a constituency long thought reliably Democratic.DEFECTORS: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What It Means for America, by Paola RamosFor some observ... More »
Roz, the beloved protagonist of Peter Brown’s popular children’s book, gets a glow-up for the big-screen adaptation.On the cover of Peter Brown’s best-selling children’s book “The Wild Robot” are massive evergreens and a matching dark green seascape. Atop a pi... More »
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long voiced doubts about vaccine safety, has hopes of influencing federal health policy. Could he finally get the chance?“Make America healthy again!”Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looked out into the crowd in Glendale, Ariz., on Saturday... More »
ON FREEDOM, by Timothy SnyderOn Nov. 9 it will be 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell. The exhilaration of that moment was followed by high hopes for the spread of democracy throughout Eastern Europe, then in Russia itself when the Soviet Union imploded. Gradu... More »
LUCKY LOSER: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success, by Russ Buettner and Susanne CraigMy family took its first steps on American soil on a spring day in 1989. An uncle named Boris who had escaped the Soviet Union ... More »
The brilliant cartoonist and designer Geof Darrow makes a forceful case against his own writing in THE SHAOLIN COWBOY: CRUEL TO BE KIN — SILENT BUT DEADLY EDITION (Dark Horse, 256 pp., $49.99), and not just with the fart joke in the book’s title. Darrow, who d... More »
After a major renovation, a cozy gathering spot at the St. Regis New York is ready to serve.It’s been a long eight months for Bill Dante.Since January, when the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis New York, where he is a bartender, had its last night of service bef... More »
As real estate agents increasingly promote themselves on social media and television, some in New York City are targeting buyers in the back of a cab.Two women dressed in colorful leotards and neon leg warmers ran in place in front of a green screen at a studi... More »
At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 people wounded across Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon when hundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah and others almost simultaneously exploded.Hezbollah has blamed Israel, where officials and the military have made no ... More »
For a week, the novelist Joyce Maynard said good night to Paris from the deck of a péniche, within full view of the Eiffel Tower. Who cared if it rained the whole time?There’s something about sleeping on a boat. It’s the rocking, of course, and the sound of th... More »