The New Advertising

Mad Men: How much the industry has changed since the 1960s.
India: On the anniversary of independence, a group of artists remixes one of the country’s most cherished movies, “Mother India.” Did it work?
Heathrow: The airport and its PR agency have commissioned Alain de Botton as a writer-in-residence.

Sins

Gambling: It seems wrong to take advantage of Vegas when the city’s down and out, but Joel Stein does it anyway.
Drinking: William Sitwell explores the history of the gin and tonic from its British colonial roots.
Violence: Do the crimes of writers change how we regard their work?

*Photo courtesy Curtis Gregory Perry.