“This was a very important man,” he said. “I think she died thinking it was true.” In the 1970s, when the country was discharging hundreds of thousands of patients from public psychiatric hospitals, it was the era of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and the move was lauded as a forward-thinking reform. But Dr.…
Details
A pair of work pants that sold for $114,000 at an auction this month after being pulled from an 1857 shipwreck could be an early version of Levi Strauss jeans, auction officials said, though a historian for the company said that was “speculation.” The Holabird Western Americana Collections auction on Dec. 3 showcased 270 items…
Details
High and low. Fun and serious. Curious and open-minded. Reveling in characters. Appreciating the material world. Inviting everyone to the party. All of these are ways that The Times’s Styles desk defines its approach to whom and what it covers. Equal parts stylish and Styles-ish, the “people” on this list — who are presented in…
Details
The holiday party season is in full swing. The United Nations Children’s Fund, or UNICEF, raised more than $3.5 million at its annual gala at the Glasshouse on Nov. 29. More than 800 attended, including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alyssa Milano and Demi Lovato, who performed four songs. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater held a…
Details
“I have never quite been satisfied with holiday drinks as I have known them,” wrote Amanda Hesser in the Times in 2000 — a familiar sentiment to anyone who’s encountered the usual suspects among seasonal cocktails. Every December, they return, like familiar characters in a well-worn novel: eggnog, wassail, mulled wine, glogg, Tom & Jerry.…
Details
Juul Labs has agreed to pay $1.7 billion to settle more than 5,000 lawsuits by school districts, local governments and individuals who claimed that its e-cigarettes were more addictive than advertised, according to people with knowledge of the deal. The amount for the deal, which involves a consolidation of cases centered in Northern California, is…
Details
“Salt and pepper were his key seasoning ingredients,” Ms. Sailhac said in a telephone interview. “He believed dishes should be very simple, using the best ingredients and prepared with love. He used to say, ‘When you hear food cooking, you can hear it singing.’ It’s like it was talking to him.” From 1978 to 1986,…
Details
Jeff and Connie Ordway had been married for 18 years when Ms. Ordway approached her husband about getting her own apartment. It was July 2021 — 17 months into the pandemic — and Ms. Ordway, an extrovert, wanted to live closer to the city of Columbia, Mo. Lockdown on their rural farm in Ashland, Mo.,…
DetailsSpending time outdoors with a pair of binoculars is good for your body and soul. The upcoming Audubon Christmas Bird Count is the perfect excuse to start.
At a resort in Sicily, the well-heeled travelers in Season 2 of “The White Lotus” take a stab at Italian glamour. They swirl wine here, wear Prada there. Not to be outdone, Jennifer Coolidge’s character, Tanya, weeps at a Puccini opera. And then there are the show’s Gen Zers, who skip “Madama Butterfly” to go…
Details