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Want to Be More Cultured? T Magazine Guides the Way.

A new issue aims to teach readers about essential films, wines and the best way to slurp an oyster, among other topics. Let the debates begin.

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Vivian Ewing

April 26, 2026

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What do you know about Vietnamese puppetry? How about the films of Nigeria? What’s the appropriate way to eat nigiri?

This year, T magazine’s annual Culture issue touches on these topics and hundreds of others in an encyclopedic compendium of interviews, images, lists and charts with one goal: teaching readers how to be more cultured.

“The criteria are subjective and very idiosyncratic,” said Patrick Li, creative director of the magazine. “I think that’s going to be a provocation out there in the world, because it’s sort of arbitrary.”

The conceit, he said, is tongue-in-cheek, but the commitment to providing a jaw-dropping amount of information from experts on every page is serious. The issue is divided into “chapters,” exploring food, film, music and more.

Mr. Li and Kurt Soller, T’s deputy editor, said they hoped readers would engage with that provocation and share their opinions with one another and in the comments section. They also hope the print issue might have a long life on coffee tables or bookshelves, ready whenever curiosity strikes.

“I want people to come to this issue and feel like they’re getting a broader view of the world,” Mr. Soller said. “The worst thing is thinking that you know everything.”

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