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The Travel Writer’s Dilemma: Share, or Gatekeep?

As soon as a secret gets widely distributed, it’s a secret no longer. That “hidden treasure” I’m so eager to.

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Movies

Philippe Labro Dies at 88; Restless Chronicler of the French Condition

Philippe Labro, a prolific journalist, author, movie director and songwriter whose lyrical prose, boundless curiosity and oft-repeated determination to “forage.

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Movies

Frederick Forsyth, Master of the Geopolitical Thriller, Dies at 86

Frederick Forsyth, who used his early experience as a British foreign correspondent and occasional intelligence operative as fodder for a.

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Baseball

Frank Graham Jr., Who Wrote About Nature in Audubon Magazine, Dies at 100

Frank Graham Jr., who wrote eloquently about the natural world and conservation for Audubon Magazine for nearly 50 years and.

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Real Estate

A Tour Through the Long Island of “The Great Gatsby”

In the fall of 1922, a 26-year-old F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, moved into a Mediterranean-style house on.

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Real Estate

Nelson DeMille’s House Is Listed for $5.5 Million on Long Island

A Nassau County listing is so grandiose in style and stature that it must be out of a Nelson DeMille.

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The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan

When Saou Ichikawa was named the winner of the Akutagawa Prize in July 2023, one of Japan’s oldest and most.

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Movies

Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92

Robert Benton, who collaborated on the screenplay for “Bonnie and Clyde,” one of the most explosive movies of the 1960s,.

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Movies

How a Film Critic Was Lured Back to Literature

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together..

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Movies

A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises

The spark of inspiration for “The Director,” Daniel Kehlmann’s new historical novel about a filmmaker toiling for the Nazi regime,.

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