Bookshelf

Growing up with Charlie Brown.

Stanley Kubrick’s films were landmark events—majestic, memorable and richly researched. But, as the years went by, the time between films grew longer and longer, and less and less was seen of the director. What on earth was he doing? Two years after his death, Jon Ronson was invited to the Kubrick estate and let loose among the fabled archive. He was looking for a solution to the mystery—this is what he found

Should a charge of plagiarism ruin your life?

It is becoming ever more apparent that the patent system isn’t working

aol kills off the last maverick tech company.

How John Peel helped shape American musical taste.

Yoshio Taniguchi’s elegant expansion of the Modern.

The internet will eventually be wonderful for music buyers, but it is still a threat to today’s dominant record labels

Sure, there are more brands than ever. But they’re taking a beating—or, even worse, being ignored. Who’s to blame? A new breed of hyperinformed superconsumers.