Perched nimbly on one side of the Hollywood Hills along Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles, John Lautner’s futuristic Garcia House is one of the most enduring specimens of the midcentury modern movement.

After more than 40 years of robust growth, the industry seems to be slowing down. Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Mass., closed on Dec. 20, after 35 years in business.Credit...Sophie Park ...

"It is like an Agatha Christie novel — a very mysterious case," Robert Mellish, who was the Labor Party chief whip in the House of Commons, said at the time. John was arrested on fraud charges ...