Taken from the collection’s titular, autobiographical essay, Didion’s section on The Doors accomplishes an evocative example ...

In her SoHo loft, Joan Jonas hosted a dinner celebrating the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ turn to public programming ...

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Writer Joan Didion captured L.A. in thought and on paper. But so did L.A. writer, artist and provocateur Eve Babitz. Here’s ...

During his prolific and storied career, Sondheim collaborated with many other artists, from book writers to directors, from ...

A meditation on the death of a beloved grandparent and a partner in the space of a single weekend that is also an ode to Delhi ...

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Few could say that at 21 they were “washed up”, but Cameron Crowe truly was. At 15, the journalist and filmmaker became ...

My boyfriend and I ordered Thai food and watched a movie, and our living room glowed with flaxen light dancing from a candle ...

Apart from the compelling style and soundtrack, I returned for the series’ depiction of failed romantic relationships, which ...

Boyfriends are embarrassing, shopping is undignified – even male gynaecologists are ‘performative’. Why have we become so ...

The rock star chef spent his life telling the world who he was. A new collection of his writings suggests this image was far ...