When Kendall Jenner attended the 2022 Met Gala in a Prada gown with an enormous flowing skirt, getting her to the Metropolitan Museum of Art required special transportation. A limousine would not do, nor would an SUV — walking in the dress was a challenge; sitting, impossible. The solution: Ms. Jenner would be driven, standing,…
Caroline Crampton shares her own worries in “A Body Made of Glass,” a history of hypochondria that wonders whether newfangled technology drives us crazier.
There are many associations that come to mind with the Kentucky Derby. Horses, naturally. Mint juleps too. But to be a true participant in the Derby spectacle, one needs a proper Derby hat. The tradition for wearing eye-catching attire to America’s most famous horse race began in the 1870s. The founder of the Kentucky Derby,…
The News Thanks to advancements in medicine and insurance, mortality rates for children in the United States had been shrinking for decades. But last year, researchers uncovered a worrisome reversal: The child death rate was rising. Now, they have taken their analysis a step further. A new study, published Saturday in The Journal of the…
Spring is for snacking superbly. It’s the season of radishes dragged through butter, potato-pea samosas eaten on a park bench, a wedge of almond cake with a 3 p.m. iced (!) coffee. The days are longer, the sun is sunnier and the trees are flowerier, setting the scene for meandering, grazing and cheerful little meals…
It was still early on Thursday evening at Casa Cipriani in downtown Manhattan, but Lionel Richie thought he knew how his night would end: “Buckingham Palace is going to call us and ask, ‘How did it go?’” Mr. Richie, who had just walked a red carpet and was getting bombarded with selfie requests, was co-hosting…
Kaye Peterson, a 66-year-old retired librarian, is a direct beneficiary of one of President Biden’s proudest domestic policy achievements: lowering the cost of insulin for seniors. A longtime diabetic, Ms. Peterson for much of her life spent around $300 a month on insulin to keep her blood sugar at a safe level. Now she pays…
The first time Tom Mathe, head bartender at L’Avenue in Manhattan, saw a child order a mocktail, he didn’t know what to think. “There was this initial impulse of, ‘Wait, is this OK?’” he said. “I wouldn’t explicitly target children as a demographic when I make any kind of drink.” Yet more and more he…
It’s an age-old question. But a few recent studies have brought us closer to an answer.
When I was 22 years old, I went into a smoke-filled house and persuaded a girl to leave with me. I wanted to save her from pointless bravery; I’d begun to learn what that cost. My husband was old enough to be my father. When we met, Jack was a professor of philosophy at the…