Charmingly effortless dresses, playfully chic swimwear, and the season’s long-and-loose shorts currently top our shopping lists this summer. But to accompany each idyllic look? Cheerful sandals and jewels, vibrant sunglasses, bold bags, and headwear—it’s all about buckets and visors this season—are musts. Whether you’re planning a long-awaited getaway, coordinating a few alfresco gatherings, or gearing…
Kermit Lynch’s seminal work, “Adventures on the Wine Route,” is just that sort of book. First published in 1988, the book chronicles the travels through France of Mr. Lynch, an American wine importer, as he visits growers and producers. It seems as fresh and thought-provoking today as it was when I first read it decades…
A group of 18 scientists stated Thursday in a letter published in the journal Science that there is not enough evidence to decide whether a natural origin or an accidental laboratory leak caused the Covid-19 pandemic. They argued, as the U.S. government and other countries have, for a new investigation to explore where the virus…
Clean water in 1842, food safety in 1906, a ban on lead-based paint in 1971. These sweeping public health reforms transformed not just our environment but expectations for what governments can do. Now it’s time to do the same for indoor air quality, according to a group of 39 scientists. In a manifesto of sorts…
LONDON — Comfort food is hard to pin down. It’s as slippery as noodles, with any attempt to characterize it often countered by an exception. Cambridge Dictionary defines it as “the type of food that people eat when they are sad or worried, often sweet food or food that people ate as children.” I connect…
In the middle of St. Vincent’s last album, the sleek and slinky “Masseduction” from 2017, there is an uncharacteristically sparse piano ballad called “Happy Birthday, Johnny.” Unlike a lot of St. Vincent songs, this one is almost provocatively simple: just a lovely melody that Annie Clark’s voice imbues with warm, weary pathos. It tells the…
Talking it through with a trusted friend or, if your thoughts are pervasive, with a therapist, can help you analyze your thinking and any assumptions you might be making. Stephanie Hills, 68, who lost both of her parents earlier this year, regrets that she wasn’t able to see her mother, who had Covid, after she…
Before the pandemic, he would have said he was a kid who was on track for a scholarship down the road, maybe even at a college like Northwestern, where his father studied briefly before transferring out. When he became obsessed with the musical “Hamilton” in seventh grade, he went ahead and read the Federalist Papers…
On his 14th day, when he again tried to leave Tanzania, he was told he still tested positive. That is, unless he handed over $80. Mr. de Soto’s driver spoke up, saying he had overheard the same man charge a Russian $50. A deal for $50 was struck and Mr. de Soto got his negative…
Shopping for Dad, your little brother, or your new beau can be a challenge. While this might not be a major newsflash to some, gift-giving anxiety is real. Maybe it’s the idea of them not liking it—or worse, them already owning the item—that stresses me out, but I can get overwhelmed when selecting a present…