After “Barbie,” Mattel Is Raiding Its Entire Toybox

In an era when “pre-awareness” rules Hollywood, the company is ginning up plots for everything from Hot Wheels to UNO.

Oldest Living Aristocratic Widow Tells All

Now ninety, Lady Glenconner—a trusted friend of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret—has become a cheeky chronicler of the British élite.

Hildegard of Bingen Composes the Cosmos

How a visionary medieval nun became a towering figure in early musical history.