Lessons of Later-in-Life Fatherhood

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Forty-nine years ago, on what I recall as a Saturday morning when I was six and my father was fifty-six, I barged into the bathroom, as was my habit, and witnessed…

Who are the finalists for the MakeUp in Paris 2025 IT Awards?

This year’s Innovation & Trends (IT) Awards at MakeUp in Paris attracted 114 applications from 62 exhibitors. The applicants are distributed across the competition’s four categories: Accessories, Formulation & Ingredients, Full Service, and Packaging. In addition, 23 of the innovations…

Struggling Gucci owner names Luca de Meo as new CEO

French luxury group Kering announced on Monday, June 16, that it had appointed Luca de Meo, who helped drive automaker Renault out of crisis, its new chief executive officer as it tries to turn around the fortunes at its struggling…

“Materialists” Is a Feast of Talking Pictures

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Words are actions, as anyone who’s ever been told “I do” or “You’re fired” knows. Yet, after nearly a century of talking pictures, most directors fail to depict talk as vigorously…

Restaurant Review: Cactus Wren Is Doing Its Own Thing

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. The chef duo Samuel Clonts and Raymond Trinh…

Do Androids Dream of Anything at All?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Although the literature of automatism has existed in one mold or another since the late Middle Ages—with sixteenth-century folktales about a golem made of clay and summoned to life, through ritual…