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The 1953 film that brought Ingmar Bergman global recognition: a risqué tale of two young lovers who trade middle-class Stockholm for a bohemian summer on a boat. Then summer ends. airmail.news/sh/e9h44G?utm_m…
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Bears are attacking the Japanese. Snakes are attacking the Chinese. And other strange stories from around the globe, in this week's Air Mail Diary. airmail.news/sh/NlhEEv?utm_m…
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Palm Beach residents have a name for the new phenomenon overhead: the "Palm Beach Pause," the moment a dinner-party conversation must stop while an airplane passes. airmail.news/sh/XRhd6A?utm_m…
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Maria Theresia ruled an empire from 1740 to 1780. The business of her life, though, was getting seven daughters married—the youngest of them a girl named Antonia, better known as Marie Antoinette. airmail.news/sh/drhpp5?utm_m…
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A planned 236-acre Six Senses wellness retreat has many in the Hudson Valley feeling distinctly un-Zen. airmail.news/sh/x8hRRp?utm_m…
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Air Mail's Tom Wolfe Prizes for Fiction and Reportage are back for a second year, awarding two up-and-coming writers a $10,000 honorarium each. airmail.news/sh/1ah99Z?utm_m…
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A debut novel set near Dartmoor in the early 1960s, with strange comings and goings at the home of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. "The Daffodil Days" is for the Plath junkie in your life. airmail.news/sh/8jhypQ?utm_m…
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The architects tasked with transforming Bus Palladium into a hotel took as their guiding spirit a 1971 photograph of Patti Smith on a balcony of the Chelsea Hotel. airmail.news/sh/6Zh5y5?utm_m…
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Some agencies reportedly raised their fees from $60,000 to $300,000 after the pandemic. One insider reported agencies falsifying psychological clearance letters for surrogates who had failed screening. airmail.news/sh/j3h2rk?utm_m…
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"She wasn't standing outside the art world looking in. She was one of its defining voices." On the life and death of Jerry Gogosian. airmail.news/sh/z5hjAG?utm_m…
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The Peninsula's World Cup finals package includes "daily breakfast," a "daily local newspaper," and two tickets to the final. It starts at $400,000. airmail.news/sh/n5h3RQ?utm_m…
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Kate Bush leaning against a yellow Ferrari 308 GTS in 1978. That's the opening image of Mirage Magazine's new photo book, "Under the Sun, Vol. 2: Ferrari." airmail.news/sh/Mghqa2?utm_m…
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When the local pub finally opened, its water system immediately failed. Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi had reportedly depleted local reserves emptying, cleaning, and refilling their 54-foot pool. airmail.news/sh/WRhPgp?utm_m…
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"And anyway, I can't stand meetings. I'd much rather figure things out from gossip." airmail.news/sh/kOhREG?utm_m…
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"Queer Eye" star Antoni Porowski shares the pieces that make summer travel more comfortable, more stylish, and considerably more interesting—from Salomon sneakers to a $440 Diptyque candle. airmail.news/cl/15uZNP?utm_m…
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Game-day outfits scrutinized, shopping sprees documented, tables danced on. A look at the wives and girlfriends who have long stolen the spotlight from the beautiful game. airmail.news/sh/5khPen?utm_m…
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In 1976, the Sex Pistols played Manchester to almost nobody. Fifty years later, their two shows there are considered among the most consequential nights in rock history. airmail.news/sh/GBh5GD?utm_m…
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One surrogacy start-up took on venture capital, expanded rapidly, and was soon mired in accusations of malpractice—including mislabeled embryos. airmail.news/sh/j3h2rk?utm_m…
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"Lately, when people ask me what they should be drinking, I say Oregon Chardonnay." Jay McInerney on the Willamette Valley producers quietly showing up on the best wine lists in America. airmail.news/sh/PEhEWk?utm_m…
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The most expensive World Cup in history has arrived. A single ticket for Argentina's opening match was listed at $16,507. That's before you even consider the packages with police escorts and Tibetan singing bowls. airmail.news/sh/n5h3RQ?utm_m…
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