Party to Max

Max von Sydow, Best Supporting Actor nominee for “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”: “I was home in France when my wife, checking the TV, heard...

Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday

He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks. He created characters still known to millions — Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist. And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

Barbara Kafka: Always ahead of the culinary curve

in no uncertain terms — how to cook in the moment.

Emily Nussbaum: Children’s TV enjoys a renaissance.

When children’s television comes up in conversation, everyone knows the drill. Begin with the sinister idiom “screen time.” To show you’re no prig, make a warm remark about “Sesame Street.” Name your favorite Muppet. (I suggest Beaker or the Swedish chef.) Then . . . (Subscription required.)

Crowned, criticised and now cancelled

Pop-princess Lana Del Rey has cancelled her Australian tour on the back of relentless criticism in the U.S. So why is she suddenly so hated - a botched TV appearance, a millionaire Dad or a lack of memory in her audience?

BOOK #2!!

Below you will find the not yet completed text of the book that I have been writing ever since I was enabled to use Mary Ragland’s office & library; it still requires a bit . . .