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The Shadow of the Putney Pusher After a jogger shoved a woman into the path of a London bus, a suspect with royal connections was arrested. Now he is dead, and his sisters want answers


DSA Do’s and Don’t The creator of Curb Your Enthusiasm joins the Democratic Socialists of America and naturally has a few suggestions to make everyone uncomfortable

Latest Issue • October 17, 2026
Issue No. 379
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Boo, Who? For the costumes that commit, the cocktails that keep coming, and the kind of entrance that makes arriving fashionably late feel like an obligation

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Gonzo in Paradise When Hunter S. Thompson set out to cover the Honolulu Marathon—with a touch of cockfighting on the side—he first had to convince his old pal Ralph Steadman to join him …

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Murder, They Wrote The strange sinking of a luxury ocean liner! A train hijacking en route to London! Disasters punctuate this fall’s best mysteries…

Peak Television Scott Meslow’s A Place Both Wonderful and Strange goes inside the making of David Lynch’s surrealist drama, which counted Queen Elizabeth and Mikhail Gorbachev among its fans


Mother Dearest Emmanuel Carrère’s Prix Médicis–winning Kolkhoz, about his mother Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, is less a reconciliation than a sly takedown

“The Book Really Wanted to Sing All Along” The Metropolitan Opera presents the world premiere of Lincoln in the Bardo, an operatic adaptation of the 2017 novel by George Saunders

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Lindye Galloway’s Favorite Things The California designer has made an art of the well-appointed home. Her latest project? Convincing you to redecorate yours

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The Grift, the Prince, and the Twist It seemed like Liza-Johanna Holgersson had crafted an elaborate and fake persona to win the hearts (and hopefully the wallets) of a number of well-off men. But she wasn’t the only one pretending to be something they weren’t. A shocking twist lies within this shifting tale of identity that turned both the writer’s life, and that of her editor, upside down

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