New Plants for 2025

Stunning fresh picks for your beds and containers BY WENDY HELFENBAUM

Heralds of Spring

Snapshots of the energetic songbirds that captured readers' hearts

MEMBERS ONLY

A new crop of ultracurated wellness clubs is targeting loneliness and longevity in one go.

THE FAMILY BUSINESS

Together, Oren and Tal Alexander formed one of America's premier real estate teams, with billions of dollars in sales. Alon, Oren's twin, helped run their father's private-security firm. Now they await criminal trial in a Brooklyn jail, facing multiple accusations of rape and assault from women across the country.

Inside Man

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's newest play on Broadway, Purpose, is another funny, heady, irreverent excavation into the psyche of an American family. Marley Marius meets its creator and cast.

FUN HOUSE

Moschino creative director Adrian Appiolaza is spinning new classics inspired by the brand's provocative and mischievous history. By Chiara Barzini.

The Science of Bird Poop

An expert breaks down the complex chemicals of bird waste BY EMILY HANNEMANN

ANATOMY of a Fall

Inside the first week—and final hours—of the Harris campaign

TRIAL BY FIRE

Los Angeles is said to have no seasons, but what it does have is what Joan Didion called \"the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse.\" Photojournalist STUART PALLEY turned his camera on this year's wildfires and shares his account of devastation and resilience

Style DRIVER

FASHION-FORWARD SIMONE ASHLEY REVS UP FOR A ROLE IN BRAD PITT'S SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER F1

TONI COLLETTE

The actor and Mickey 17 star on travel regrets, acupuncture, and jumping into the ocean

LIGHT LANDSCAPE, LIFE

David Hockney's paintings can be read as his life story. But a new exhibition at Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton also shows us just how much he taught us to see.

Heart and Soul

Pierce & Ward designs a stellar, sweeping collection for West Elm

IN WITH THE OLD

For decades, Kerry Taylor has been auctioning and reiventing—vintage.

Time After Time

In this artful jamboree of archival pieces, creativity and extraordinary craftsmanship form the connective thread. Meanwhile, Amanda Harlech recalls reinventing the future-by looking behind her.

GOD COMPLEX

SILICON VALLEY WAS ONCE DRIVEN BY A GODLESS CHASE FOR GROWTH. NOW THE NEW RELIGION IS RELIGION

Converting to Clover

Learn the basics about this increasingly popular, pollinator-friendly lawn option

IN FULL BLOOM

Talented readers share their snapshots of striking florals

Young, RESTLESS

With Beef and now The Last of Us on his résumé, YOUNG MAZINO proves he's up to a challenge

Other WORDS

VIET THANH NGUYEN explores what it means to be an outsider

GWYNETH EVERLASTING

NOT LONG AFTER SHE WON AN OSCAR AT AGE 26, Gwyneth Paltrow BAILED ON THE INDUSTRY, FINDING A CREATIVE OUTLET AND CASH FLOW IN BUILDING HER OWN BUSINESS. NOW GOOP AND THE KIDS ARE ALL GROWN UP, LEAVING PALTROW FREE TO DO WHATEVER SHE LIKES, INCLUDING HER MAJOR MOVIE COMEBACK WITH TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET

Gossip GIRLS

Conservative media has feasted on the fight between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. If you're full of hate for Hollywood, what's not to love?

AIR OF DANGER

Fancy fliers have created a huge boom in private-jet travel, no longer the exclusive province of Fortune 500 companies, Elon Musk, or Taylor Swift. Yet for all the allure, flying private is a rather dangerous luxury

SUPER MOMS

Whether they are laid-back layers or helicopter moms, multiple parenting styles emerge among mothers in the bird kingdom.

Small Spaces, BIG FLAVOR

INCLUDE THESE COMPACT FOOTPRINT FRUIT PLANTS IN YOUR CONTAINER GARDENS AND MIXED BORDERS FOR A TASTY HARVEST

This Side of Paradise

As a model, Gigi Hadid is capable of creating fantasias and dreamscapes-like this fashionable ode to the Jazz Age. As a young mother, she's blissfully earthbound. Chloe Schama considers a double life.

Ask the Experts

Readers get answers to puzzling bird and garden situations

INTO THE WILD

Post-Succession, Sarah Snook embarked on twin adventures: motherhood and a kaleidoscopic stage challenge in The Picture of Dorian Gray.

THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, 2025

Reliable news coverage has never been more important than it is now. Journalists must remain vigilant and rigorous in the face of a second Trump Administration. To help them do so, we are releasing an updated version of Strunk and White’s “Elements of Style.” Please refer to the following examples when writing and reporting, for as long as that’s still allowed.

A MATTER OF FACTS

On the loss of two sons.