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The Eyes of a Killer: Part XII

This week, Bryan Kohberger withdrew his guilty plea for the murder of four University of Idaho students, seemingly without the help of a lawyer. What’s his next move?

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Meghan’s Picture Imperfect The Sussexes’ summer photo dump reveals a life of barefoot luxury—and leaves one mystery unresolved: What are they so furious about?


Cap Fear The pine-shaded playground of the Parisian smart set, Cap Ferret has been evacuated as wildfires creep ever closer. Can it be saved?

Latest Issue • August 1, 2026
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Air Supply

The Copenhagen Effect The pieces that capture the Scandinavian knack for making everyday life look effortlessly stylish. Because good taste, like the best Nordic exports, is impossible to resist

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The Director and the Madman Born one year apart, Roman Polanski and Charles Manson lived eerily parallel lives for years before finally intersecting at the brutal murder of Sharon Tate

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Free-Falling In Richard Russo’s new thriller, Under the Falls, a Nashville singer returns to his hometown to make amends—but the mistakes of his past soon resurface, with fatal repercussions for the present

J.F.K.’s Final Failure In Kennedy’s Coup, Jack Cheevers reveals how one of John F. Kennedy’s final decisions plunged America into the worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th century


The Art of War A new book collects Lee Miller’s photographs of the Blitz, a time when the American, with no permit to work yet still holding a tourist visa, turned her camera to a Britain under fire

The Black Sheep of British Art An exhibition in London spotlights Richard Dadd, the Victorian artist who created most of his works while hospitalized after killing his father

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Guest Edit

Barbara Gullstein’s Favorite Things The brand director of By Malene Birger shares her Phoebe Philo earrings, the Row’s raffia tote, Monastery skin care, and the Seneca she keeps returning to

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The Scent of a Scoundrel In Paris, accusations of elder abuse bring a stench to France’s oldest perfume house

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