Marica Honychurch for the Wall Street Journal
The jet set hasn’t descended on the French archipelago of Guadeloupe just yet, which makes it ideal for a great-value, no-fuss long winter weekend.
Burning Question
When Is the Best Time of Day to Eat a Big Meal?
Nutrition experts offer strategies for enjoying a big meal like Thanksgiving without ruining the day
Television Review
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Review: Not So Kosher
Amy Sherman-Palladino’s latest show features great one-liners, endearing performances and a visually opulent representation of New York in the nascent “Mad Men” era—but its Jewish milieu make no sense.
College Football
On Football’s Rivalry Weekend, Only One Rivalry Really Matters
Thanksgiving weekend is built around college teams squaring off against their bitter enemies. But Alabama versus Auburn has become the sport’s biggest annual game
Global night light is getting bigger and brighter, blotting out the stars of the Milky Way for one-third of humankind, according to a new study of federal satellite data measuring outdoor lighting.
Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in this portrait of a man both determined and full of doubt.
Gear & Gadgets
Three Simple Ways to Kick Your Smartphone Addiction
Theater Review
‘Peter Pan’ Review: A Grown-Up Adventure
Hadley Hooper
Chicago’s retail wine scene is hopping. In part two of a series on wine culture in the Midwest, Lettie Teague joins acclaimed sommelier Belinda Chang for a tour of the city’s best bottle shops, with plenty of tasting along the way.
Volumes with enough spine to advise your design-addicted (or -challenged) giftees this holiday.
From the chefs at Kismet in L.A., this chicken broth bolstered with roast butternut squash and Swiss chard gets a zesty kick from ginger and chiles. A poached egg makes it a meal.
Management & Careers
Step Away From Your Over-Scheduled High School Student
How to teach teenagers to juggle competing classes and extracurricular activities.
Latest from Life & Arts
Exhibition Review
‘Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death’ Review
A Midwestern heiress’s gruesome, detail-obsessed creations forever changed criminal investigations.
Anatomy of a Song
How A Wife’s Question Inspired 10cc’s ‘I’m Not In Love’
Songwriter Eric Stewart was inspired by his wife’s question to write 10cc’s ‘I’m Not In Love,’ a love song that never says ‘I love you’.
Mystery, surprise and anticipation are the themes in some of the most sought-after toys, as companies take the YouTube unboxing phenomenon “to new extremes.”
What’s Your Workout?
The Football Team Full of Ph.Ds
The Brigham Young University women’s faculty flag football team spends a night each week leaving it all on the field.
The photographer who defined 20th-century fashion felt trapped by its artifice and later sought ugly, outré portrait subjects.
A rousing and deeply researched account of the wild years and sudden death of Port Royal, Jamaica.
Should we defend democracy even when voters’ decisions take an unwise or illiberal turn?
Curtiz was a “cinematic genius” with a dynamic style that would later influence a young Steven Spielberg.
Reed became a pastiche of himself, exchanging proto-punk sincerity for Warholian cynicism.
Bookshelf
Five Best: Roger D. Hodge
The author of “Texas Blood” on boderland journeys.
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