The Bayeux Tapestry’s Long Journey Home
John Phipps writes about France’s loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain.
September 2026
admin Why the Lindsay Clancy Trial Ended in a Deadlock
Eren Orbey writes that both the prosecution and the defense tried to tell tidy stories, but five weeks of testimony…
Matisse’s Ugliest Painting
Zachary Fine writes about the show at SFMOMA that partially re-creates the 1905 Salon d’Automne, where Matisse’s portrait of his…
Five Great Campus Novels
Our critic’s picks for going back to school. Plus: an Edith Wharton novella for a last gasp of the season.
The Blockbuster Audacity of “Hope”
Justin Chang reviews “Hope,” a thriller by the Korean director Na Hong-jin, starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Cameron Britton, Alicia…
Jocelyn Bioh’s “Mean Girls” at a Ghana Beauty Pageant
Also: Harry Styles takes up residence at M.S.G., “Paranormal Activity” terrifies Broadway, Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson star in a…
The Principled Cynicism of “By Any Means”
Richard Brody reviews the film “By Any Means,” directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Giancarlo Esposito, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and…
Have We Destroyed Childhood?
Joshua Rothman writes about how we blame smartphones for the crisis of kids’ mental health, but the problem might be…
How Donald Trump Outmaneuvers the Supreme Court
Ruth Marcus writes about the Supreme Court’s emergency-docket decisions to allow Donald Trump’s ballroom to be built and mail-in ballots…
Donald Trump’s Capital Makeover
A coterie of advisers, planners, and architects is enabling the President’s passion project—renovating D.C. in his own image, Antonia Hitchens…