Dominick Dunne on His Daughter’s Murder; Jeremy Irons’s Kingdom by the Sea; Marie Colvin’s Private War

A special delivery from the Vanity Fair Archive. View in your browser | Update your preferences     A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks January 22, 2022 Sit down with these five tales of tragedy and triumph (and one 15th-century Irish castle) this weekend.   Justice In 1984, Dominick Dunne provided a father's account of the trial of his daughter's killer. R E A D  M O R E »     The Lady Vanquishes Of the five famously beautiful Langhorne sisters of Virginia, the one who left the deepest mark on the century was Nancy, Lady Astor. Langhorne descendant James Fox tells how she crossed the Atlantic, wed Waldorf Astor, became the first woman to sit in Britain's Parliament, and lured the great figures of her day—including George Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, David Lloyd George, and King Edward VII—to her fabled estate, Cliveden. R E A D  M O R E »     Grand Finale Chadwick Boseman's last film, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, plays like the culmination of his life's work. R E A D  M O R E »     Kingdom by the Sea When Jeremy Irons decided to buy and restore a long-abandoned 15th-century Irish castle, in 1997, it may have been the result of a midlife crisis, a creative need, a leap of faith, or all of the above. The outcome, however, is an indisputable reflection of the British star's singular tastes. Visiting Kilcoe Castle, David Kamp learned how Irons and his motley band of dedicated amateurs turned a ruin into a magical retreat. R E A D  M O R E »     Marie Colvin's Private War By the time Marie Colvin got herself smuggled into Syria in 2011, to report on the slaughter for the London Sunday Times, she was a legend, for her style (the eye patch, the La Perla bra under the flak jacket) as well as her courageous dispatches championing the innocent victims of war. It would be her last story. Marie Brenner revealed the price Colvin paid for the work she couldn't give up. R E A D  M O R E » Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. Sign Up Now     This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.