Rebecca Mead

From the daily newsletter: why Bella Freud, who, as a great-granddaughter of Sigmund—and daughter of Lucian—has a lot to unpack.

When the photographer Mary Ellen Mark arrived in New York City, in 1966, one of her strategies for finding arresting images was to attend parades

The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest—and the most tortured—of writers. And now he’s starring in “The Importance of Being Earnest.”

| Stephen Fry's lifelong bond with the wittiest—and the most tortured—of writers. - BY REBECCA MEAD

Konrad Kay and Mickey Down failed as financiers—but they’re making a killing by depicting the profession on HBO.

The late British photographer was drawn to outsider subcultures, among them the working-class youths known as Teds.

The mayor of the small community of Pollica, Italy, has dedicated his life to making people healthier. Will it get him a dinner with Zohran Mamdani?

The director's native city drives him crazy—and drives him to make loony, brilliant films.

“The Queen’s Style,” a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace, offers a lesson in how to make powerful statements without saying a word.

Long before likes and algorithms dictated cultural power, she cultivated an image that has influenced us for decades after her death.