List of Culture articles
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An illustration depicts the lead in the TV show Careme, dressed as a chef, putting a Napoleon shaped hat on a tower of desserts. He flicks whipped cream with his other hand and winks. The French TV Show That Turns Souffle Into Statecraft
“Carême” gives an international audience what it wants: rich food, lusty romps, and Napoleon.
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A grid of 12 new fiction book covers on a blue and beige field The Novels We’re Reading in June
Peculiar forms of criminality, as seen from front-line Ukraine and Lagos.
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Several children pop out from behind a man and woman as they stand on a stage. Fact-Checking ‘The Sound of Music’ as It Turns 60
Hugely popular in the U.S., the film never found an audience in Austria or Germany.
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A drawn illustration shows a chaotic swarm of Eurovision performers surrounded by multicolored disco balls. The performers are encircled by the stars of the EU flag. The West Is Strong—and in Sequins
Eurovision has never been a bigger party or more political.
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A man in a white suit sits among a crowd of seated migrants. The Second Life of ‘Sicario’
What a 2015 thriller about chaos on the border has to do with present-day Washington.
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A family rides past the Delhi Waqf Board office in New Delhi. In India, Controversial Law Threatens Muslim Property
To many Indian Muslims, the Waqf Amendment Act looks like a calculated attempt to disempower their community.
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A line of people including one person holding a large U.S. flag and smaller rainbow flag on a pole, some draped with rainbow flags, cross a crosswalk with the U.S. Capitol in the distance. How Progressives Are Unwittingly Aiding the Rise of Autocracy
Dictators get an unlikely boost from the left’s identity politics.
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An illustration shows a coffeepot in the center of a sea of coffee with an American hand poking out of it. In the sea of coffee are four coffee cups with various figures floating in them with spoons as oars. How Americans Learned to Love Coffee
The beginnings of a beautiful friendship.
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Viola Davis in a tank top and combat pants rushes forward while holding a gun. Behind her are bodies on the floor in a living space with a stairway in the background. Hollywood Grapples With an Unfamiliar America
Three new action movies struggle to navigate the United States’ uneasy role in the world.
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A grid of rectangles shows 12 fiction book covers. The Novels We’re Reading in May
From the Gulf as a modern Wild West to sisterhood in Singapore.
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A woman at the end of a long hallway of security officers in a scene from a television series. A Polish Jason Bourne
Seven years after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the Suwalki Gap gets its own thrilling spy show.
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A photo illustration of the Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius wearing a red MAGA hat that reads "Power is never the objective." What the Stoic Philosophers Can Teach Today’s Policymakers
The pursuit of virtue helps guide foreign policy in chaotic times.
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A drawn illustration showing traditional Gujarati food on the left and meat dishes on the right. Hands reach from either side to pull at the green tablecloth to hide and push aside the meat offerings. When Vegetarians Become Vigilantes
Strict dietary edicts have spawned a wave of hostility toward meat-eaters in Modi’s India.
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Mario Vargas Llosa raises his arms. Mario Vargas Llosa: A Literary Colossus Who Aimed to Change the World
The Peruvian Nobel laureate initially embraced communism—until it clashed with liberty.
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Mandarin language teacher Liu Mei gestures at the blackboard at the Confucius Institute in Sierra Leone during a class for students in Freetown. The Fight Over Language, From Haiti to Kyrgyzstan
Reads on one of the most powerful tools of imperialism.
