This Week’s Issue: A Vacation Where You Pay to Get Lost

Also in the Travel Issue: climbing the world’s most forbidding cliffs; Pompeii’s buried secrets; and the world’s foremost maze-maker. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from Morocco The New Luxury Vacation: Being Dumped in the Middle of Nowhere The joys—and absurdities—of finding oneself abandoned in a desolate landscape. By Ed Caesar The Sporting Scene What It Takes to Climb the World’s Most Forbidding Cliffs After decades of dominance, Tommy Caldwell keeps seeking new ascents. By William Finnegan Dept. of Archeology Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept. By Rebecca Mead Annals of Design How the World’s Foremost Maze-Maker Leads People Astray Adrian Fisher has devoted the past four decades to bringing back mazes, long regarded as historical curiosities. By Nicola Twilley Comment Chris Christie’s Donald Trump Problem In a new book, the former governor maintains over-all fealty to Trump, but wants you to know that he understands what kind of human being Trump is. By David Remnick Sketchbook “A New York City Field Trip” On a jaunt to Bemelmans Bar, Roz and Emily muse about what they’d put in a mural. By Roz Chast and Emily Flake Books The Cost of Sentimentalizing War Has the American myth of the Good War helped ensnare us in bad ones? By Carlos Lozada Pop Music Taylor Swift’s Quest for Justice With “Red (Taylor’s Version),” Swift seeks to reclaim control in her business affairs and in matters of the heart. By Carrie Battan The Current Cinema “The Power of the Dog” is Jane Campion’s Anti-Western Despite the grandeur of its Montana setting, this dark family drama is claustrophobic—a chamber piece with chaps. By Anthony Lane On and Off the Avenue Holiday Items Have Arrived in The New Yorker Store Whether you’re searching for gifts or shopping for yourself, our latest offerings will fill the season with joy and style. By The New Yorker Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Succession, Jr. The adorable little members of the Roy family know how to deploy a wedgie when they need to. By Teddy Wayne Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.