Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon (1973), which came out one month after his death, at the age of 32. A new book traces the actor’s journey from Hong Kong to Hollywood—and reveals how his career redefined Asian representation on-screen By Jeff Chang When Bruce Lee hit movie screens in August of 1973 with his instant blockbuster, Enter the Dragon, everything about him seemed counter-intuitive. Most action heroes at the time—think Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” Callahan or Roger Moore...| Air Mail
An engraving of Icarus, a figure in Greek mythology who falls to his death after his man-made wings disintegrate in the sun. From the Wright brothers’ near-fatal crashes to this year’s midair collision over the Potomac, failure has always been the cost of progress in aviation By David Rooney On January 29, 2025, a midair collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter over Washington, D.C., stunned a city that trusted in tightly controlled skies. The crash, which killed 67 peo...| Air Mail
The average American consumes more than eight pounds of avocado per year. A new book traces the history of the avocado, from a humble dooryard tree in Mexico to a global superfood phenomenon By Sarah Allaback and Monique F. Parsons We grew up in a small Southern California town where avocados covered the hillsides. When we went East for college in the 80s, we couldn’t find good avocados anywhere. Now Americans eat close to three billion a year, and the avocado has become a familiar sight ac...| Air Mail
A new book collects the Beatle's unseen photos from 1964, the year that marked the band’s America tour, and the start of Beatlemania.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Berlin, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Chicago, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
A new hones in on the relationships, both in front of and behind the lens, that were most formative for the groundbreaking photographer.| airmail.news
Virginia Giuffre holding a photo of herself at age 16, when she says Jeffrey Epstein began abusing her sexually. An explosive account of alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew is seeing the light of day six months after Giuffre’s suicide By Josie Ensor In her telling of a now-infamous night in London with Prince Andrew, what was ingrained in Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s memory was her outfit: a pink sleeveless crop top and a pair of sparkly jeans. Ghislaine Maxwell ...| Air Mail
The fashion designer shares her favorite spots in the Upper East Side, the neighborhood she calls home.| airmail.news
The Danish architect shares his favorite spots in his home city.| airmail.news
This week, don’t miss the adventures of the Yiddish Sherlock Holmes, a memoir from the restaurateur behind Nobu, and a crime novel set in a gritty Rust Belt town By Jim Kelly Never heard of Max Spitzkopf, dubbed the “Yiddish Sherlock Holmes”? Join the club! And what a treat it is to read these 15 stories, translated by Mikhl Yashinsky and set in Galicia, now part of Poland and Ukraine, at the turn of the 20th century. No matter the case—a rabbi’s missing granddaughter, a banker accu...| Air Mail
Crowds welcome Adolf Hitler at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport in 1934. By Tim Bouverie On the evening of January 30, 1933, hundreds of storm troopers paraded by torchlight through Berlin to mark the appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany. The “jubilation,” recalled a supporter named Günter Loshe, “was spontaneous.” At long last, “a man was trying to clean up the stables.” The old, establishment politicians had failed. People said: “He is going to push reforms throug...| Air Mail
Pedro Almodóvar in a publicity still for Volver.By Nicolas Rapold When Pedro Almodóvar was a child in a Catholic boarding school, he was forced to sing for the Salesian monks, who were in charge. He sang so well, in fact, that priests recorded his songs and played them at the church entrance to attract worshippers. “And I remember,” Almodóvar once said in an interview, “we filled the church.” For decades, Almodóvar has filled cinemas with his spectacular, often outrageous films, s...| Air Mail
Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.| airmail.news
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s London-street photographs capture the spirit of another royal coronation—of George VI, in 1937.| airmail.news
Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.| airmail.news
Well, to start, no other store would display their organic Swiss chard like a Fabergé egg hatched in a boreal forest.| airmail.news
The fashion show producer shares his favorite design shops in his hometown.| airmail.news
Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Milan, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Paris, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The French curator and art dealer shares her favorite galleries in her hometown.| airmail.news
Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.| airmail.news
Air Mail is a mobile-first digital weekly that unfolds like the better weekend editions of your favorite newspapers. Air Mail is delivered to subscribers’ in-boxes every Saturday at 6:00 AM.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Rome, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in New York, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in Los Angeles, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news
The best of the arts, hotels, and restaurants in London, curated by Arts Intel editors.| airmail.news