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Introducing AIR MAIL, a weekly digital newsletter that brings you the essence of the best weekend editions from your favorite newspapers. Led by Graydon Carter, the former editor of Vanity Fair, and Alessandra Stanley, who has served as a foreign correspondent and critic for The New York Times, AIR MAIL is packed with engaging and stylish writing from some of the most respected journalists globally. The newsletter takes an international perspective, focusing on topics beyond the U.S., including politics, business, the environment, arts, literature, film and television, food, design, travel, architecture, society, fashion, and crime. It tackles these subjects with sophistication, authority, and a touch of humor. We aim for AIR MAIL to become a cherished addition to the reading list of the modern world traveler—someone like you. Think of it as a digital version of the classic weekend edition of the International Herald Tribune.

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Le Royal Monceau Hotel, in Paris, Is the Luxury Hotel For Beauty-Obsessed Locals

1 day ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

I wasn’t expecting to get a masterclass in French beauty in the lobby of Le Royal Monceau hotel in Paris. But as I looked out at a sea of angular bobs among the tables at Il Carpaccio, its Italian restaurant, I nibbled focaccia and took notes. If you’re looking for the Paris of TikTok and a marketing executive named Emily, you’ve come to the wrong place. The scene at the Royal Monceau is straight out of La Maison, Apple TV’s Succession-like drama about a French fashion house.
LOOK #28 - June 6, 2025 - Air Mail

1 day ago | airmail.news | India Knight

My quest for glowing (bare) skin continues. I’m being very single-minded about it because I don’t like wearing foundation at the best of times, and in the summer least of all. This year I’m seeing if I can swerve even tinted moisturiser/my beloved Erborian BB Cream. Probably not, but I’m having fun trying. I sang the praises of snail mucus a couple of weeks ago for its rehydrating and glow-giving properties—you may be interested to know that I love it even more now than I did then.
How a Little-Known Ancient Greek Tradition Molded Modern Science

2 days ago | airmail.news | Kieran Fox

When I started writing I Am a Part of Infinity: The Spiritual Journey of Albert Einstein, my plan was to trace how Eastern religious and philosophical traditions had shaped Albert Einstein’s spirituality. I’d been deeply immersed in Eastern spirituality all my adult life, and just by looking at some of Einstein’s quotes, it was obvious that the East had influenced his thinking. As I began conducting research for the book, I discovered plenty of direct evidence for this.
"This Makes That" Children's Book by Ivan Brunetti: Recommended - Air Mail

1 week ago | airmail.news | Jason Guriel

READ This Makes That For years, the Chicago-based cartoonist Ivan Brunetti taught art in college; new work was rare. Thankfully, the artist behind the comic “Schizo” and a number of New Yorker covers continues to produce books for kids. His latest entry, This Makes That, follows a classroom as it devises lemon-powered L.E.D.’s, “unpoppable” soap bubbles, and more. The drawings are immensely likable—and immediately recognizable.
This Vuori Dress Is Luxury in Disguise

1 week ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

WEAR Vuori “Now that is a fabulous dress,” said a salesman at a very pricey boutique as this AIR MAIL correspondent exited the fitting room. But—sorry!—it’s the one I was wearing when I walked in. Much to his horror, I had purchased it for the cost of a private Pilates session at Vuori, an athleisure brand out of San Diego.
The Making of "The Thick of It": Part II

1 week ago | airmail.news | Tim Jonze

Part II of a series. Read Part I here. In November 2005, Chris Langham was arrested in connection with paying to access indecent and abusive images of children on the Internet. Six months later he was charged with 15 counts of downloading indecent images of children. ARMANDO IANNUCCI, CREATOR: It was difficult with Chris because he was charged but there wasn’t a trial. I decided to not make a judgment until there was a judgment. I didn’t realize the trial would take over 18 months.
Debra Jane Seltzer’s RoadsideArchitecture.com Preserves America’s Neon Past

1 week ago | airmail.news | Nathan King

BROWSE Roadside Architecture America’s roadside architecture—especially from the period after the First World War until the 1980s—is so vast, ephemeral, and historically important that you’d think its preservation or, at the very least, documentation would fall to a governmental agency. But as far as we know, it doesn’t.
How to Get a Good Deal at Europe's Five-Star Luxury Hotels

1 week ago | airmail.news | Ashley Baker

If you’re booking hotel rooms online, you’re a fool. I’m sorry—I’m just the messenger. I’ve been doing it, too, for longer than I’m willing to admit, tapping my way to a long weekend at Hôtel de l’Abbaye in Paris and, embarrassingly, paying whatever I was told. A small fortune: squandered! And it would have gone that way forever, except some of us are getting desperate.
Collegio alla Querce Auberge Opens in Florence: Hotel Review

1 week ago | airmail.news | Mary Lussiana

If only Miss Lucy Honeychurch, the protagonist of E. M. Forster’s novel A Room with a View, could experience the vistas of Florence’s Centro Storico from Collegio alla Querce, Auberge, a new hotel in the hills above town. Brunelleschi’s imposing Duomo and Giotto’s marble Campanile have been admired from this site overlooking the city center since the 16th century. The hotel was originally the home of a noble Italian family. They covered its walls in frescoes, many of which are still visible today.
Has Nicola Peltz Taken Brooklyn Beckham Hostage? And Is This History Repeating Itself?

1 week ago | airmail.news | Caitlin Moran

It is easy to believe, in the 21st century, that all online discourse is simply big Nazis screaming at people who are slightly lesser Nazis while all the liberals hide in a cupboard, chiding each other for using the wrong pronouns for Lassie. But this belief would be wrong. Because there is an enduring, globally critical debate raging on both sides of the Atlantic about something far more important that Nazis — or Lassie, as hard as that might be to believe.