July 4, 2020 – Air Mail

California Scheming

Stuart Heritage looks at Harry and Meghan’s new life Hollywood. Did someone say, “Fresh prince of Bel Air”?

Criminal Mind

Edward Jay Epstein recounts a very, very strange afternoon tea with Jeffrey Epstein (no relation) …

Social Influencer

Amelia Lester spins the twisted tale of the grifter to the Goopsters …

Tragedy in Fairfield County

Rich Cohen details how a calculating Fotis Dulos seduced Jennifer Farber, then allegedly murdered her in cold blood …

Media Führer

Stuart Heritage reveals how a bald, bespectacled art forger convinced the world he had discovered Hitler’s secret diaries …

To Enable a Predator

Alexandra Marshall asks why Paris’s Café de Flore set protected an admitted pedophile who was abusing their children …

Issue No. 51

The View from Here

By Graydon Carter and Alessandra Stanley

When Air Mail launched a year ago this month, we sensed that readers craved a break…

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Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? A letter from Quebec City and parts west …

By Walter Isaacson

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My Tea with Jeffrey Epstein A tale of mysterious airline upgrades, bounced checks, and a fembot named Sophia

By Edward Jay Epstein

Illustration by Barry Blitt

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The Highest Office A former Trump intimate insists that Donald Trump is a known substance abuser. Why is no one listening?

By Hannah Seligson

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Murder in Fairfield County Eight months after Jennifer Farber disappeared, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder. Soon he was dead

By Rich Cohen

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She Worked Hard for His Money Will Boris Johnson’s relationship with a pole-dancing American model who appeared in Naughty @ 40 lead him to prison?

By Stuart Heritage

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The Curious Case of the Vogue Grifter Yvonne Bannigan went from high-profile assistant to convicted felon. Hers is a particularly sad New York story

By Ashley Baker

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In Cold Blue Blood

The mystery of the missing French aristocrat who vanished after murdering his wife, children, and dogs

By John von Sothen

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The Man Who Played with Fire The puzzling moral trajectory of David Boies

By Suzanna Andrews

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The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris Why did the Café de Flore set protect the pedophile who was abusing their children?

By Alexandra Marshall

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“We can’t cure it, but with enough social pressure, we can get it canceled.”

Naughty Nights with Randy Andy Models, masseuses, and (ahem) more were part of the princely pleasures of the Duke of York. One fellow partyer lived to tell the tale …

By Vassi Chamberlain

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Beached Wales Harry and Meghan, having left Britain with a stopover in Canada, go house hunting in celebrityville, U.S.A.

By Stuart Heritage

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What Fresh Hell Harry and Meghan’s week gets complicated as Dad steps into the picture and the Canadians act very un-Canadianly

By Stuart Heritage

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A Debtor’s Prison Are Prince Andrew’s fragile finances to blame for his entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein debacle?

By Vassi Chamberlain

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Throne for a Loss Why do the royals keep falling for moneyed mountebanks and billionaire bounders?

By Robin Olson

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“Imagine yourself: driving up the coast, the top down, tears streaming down your face because your wife had no choice but to kick you out, this time for good.”

Shades of Blue Shots are fired outside an unsavory Tennessee bar, killing the proprietor—an off-duty cop. When the case goes cold, the cop’s grieving family takes matters into their own hands

By Mark Bowden

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Affairs of State A new book goes deep into the hot-blooded hypocrisy at the heart of the French presidency

By Alexandra Marshall

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Barclay v. Barclay In which the scions of a secretive British billionaire are accused of conspiring against his identical twin brother

By Joseph Bullmore

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Death Becomes Him Stéphane Bourgoin enjoyed a dazzling career as France’s top expert on serial killers. There was only one little problem …

By Alexandra Marshall

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Lights Out The picturesque Brant Lake boys’ camp, in the Adirondacks, seemed the perfect idyll—until a longtime counselor was accused of child molestation

By Johanna Berkman

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Grifter of the Goop Set Belle Gibson knew just how to dupe the wellness-worried

By Amelia Lester

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Seoul-Crushing The former star of K-pop’s biggest band is under investigation for running a prostitution ring, among other indecorous charges

By Amelia Lester

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“Old Boys” vs. New Tricks At St. Bernard’s School, new-money barbarians are at war with upper-class traditionalists

By William D. Cohan

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Killing Spree When migrant women disappeared on the island of Cyprus, no one went looking for them

By Sarah Souli

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Good Night, Mr. Chips

The author recalls an inspiring English teacher—and recounts the gruesome gaslighting that ended with his murder

By George Pendle

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Mein Campf! The scandalous Hitler-diaries fiasco nearly brought down three major news organizations

By Stuart Heritage

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The Château That Ate Provence, Part I

The gaudy villa that has French countrysiders in a tizzy

By John von Sothen

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1963 All Over Again Courtney and Corrie Cockrell, grandnieces of the assassinated civil-rights hero Medgar Evers, consider his legacy through the lens of George Floyd

By Sheila Weller

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The Making of a Predator, Part I What hidden demons drove Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall?

By Phoebe Eaton

Illustration by Paul Davis

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Davos Satyricon A new investigation reveals that the high-powered World Economic Forum is a sexist toga party in the Swiss Alps

By Stuart Heritage

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“You keep saying apocalyptic, but I think you mean post-apocalyptic.”

Who Really Killed Jimmy Hoffa? (And was the frozen salmon a red herring?)

By Errol Morris

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The Princess Diaries Narcissism, drug abuse, infidelity, and betrayal—Princess Margaret’s longtime lady-in-waiting writes a tell-all

By Eleanor Harmsworth

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Play With It Again, Sam We went to Paris for an exclusive look at the Woody Allen movie that Amazon dumped and no one wants Americans to see

By Alexandra Marshall

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Listen The Ratline Anyone who wonders how so many Nazis managed to evade justice after World War II must tune in to The Ratline…

Drink Vins Chez Nous One of the few silver linings of the coronavirus outbreak is that housebound gourmands are being…

Eat Anges du Sucre Not all cakes are created equal. Londoner Reshmi Bennett was trained in classical French cuisine in Paris…

Ride Classic Sport 26 The Classic Sport 26 from the Japanese bike manufacturer Tokyobike is a no-nonsense city cruiser…

Watch The Spy The news that the C.I.A. had to extract a high-level Russian mole inside Putin’s Kremlin…

Snap The Leica Q2 The Leica Q2 is a camera lover’s camera. It’s obsessively engineered and assembled by hand…

Listen The Ratline Anyone who wonders how so many Nazis managed to evade justice after World War II must tune in to The Ratline…

Drink Vins Chez Nous One of the few silver linings of the coronavirus outbreak is that housebound gourmands are being…

Eat Anges du Sucre Not all cakes are created equal. Londoner Reshmi Bennett was trained in classical French cuisine in Paris…

Ride Classic Sport 26 The Classic Sport 26 from the Japanese bike manufacturer Tokyobike is a no-nonsense city cruiser…

Watch The Spy The news that the C.I.A. had to extract a high-level Russian mole inside Putin’s Kremlin…

Snap The Leica Q2 The Leica Q2 is a camera lover’s camera. It’s obsessively engineered and assembled by hand…

Glock Party Celebrities flock to fête the inventor of a killer handgun

By Stuart Heritage

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Should the Rich Be Allowed to Buy the Best Genes? A letter from Quebec City and parts west …

My Tea with Jeffrey Epstein A tale of mysterious airline upgrades, bounced checks, and a fembot named Sophia

The Highest Office A former Trump intimate insists that Donald Trump is a known substance abuser. Why is no one listening?

Murder in Fairfield County Eight months after Jennifer Farber disappeared, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder. Soon he was dead

She Worked Hard for His Money Will Boris Johnson’s relationship with a pole-dancing American model who appeared in Naughty @ 40 lead him to prison?

The Curious Case of the Vogue Grifter Yvonne Bannigan went from high-profile assistant to convicted felon. Hers is a particularly sad New York story

The mystery of the missing French aristocrat who vanished after murdering his wife, children, and dogs

The Man Who Played with Fire The puzzling moral trajectory of David Boies

The Jeffrey Epstein of Paris Why did the Café de Flore set protect the pedophile who was abusing their children?

Naughty Nights with Randy Andy Models, masseuses, and (ahem) more were part of the princely pleasures of the Duke of York. One fellow partyer lived to tell the tale …

Beached Wales Harry and Meghan, having left Britain with a stopover in Canada, go house hunting in celebrityville, U.S.A.

What Fresh Hell Harry and Meghan’s week gets complicated as Dad steps into the picture and the Canadians act very un-Canadianly

A Debtor’s Prison Are Prince Andrew’s fragile finances to blame for his entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein debacle?

Throne for a Loss Why do the royals keep falling for moneyed mountebanks and billionaire bounders?

Shades of Blue Shots are fired outside an unsavory Tennessee bar, killing the proprietor—an off-duty cop. When the case goes cold, the cop’s grieving family takes matters into their own hands

Affairs of State A new book goes deep into the hot-blooded hypocrisy at the heart of the French presidency

Barclay v. Barclay In which the scions of a secretive British billionaire are accused of conspiring against his identical twin brother

Death Becomes Him Stéphane Bourgoin enjoyed a dazzling career as France’s top expert on serial killers. There was only one little problem …

Lights Out The picturesque Brant Lake boys’ camp, in the Adirondacks, seemed the perfect idyll—until a longtime counselor was accused of child molestation

Grifter of the Goop Set Belle Gibson knew just how to dupe the wellness-worried

Seoul-Crushing The former star of K-pop’s biggest band is under investigation for running a prostitution ring, among other indecorous charges

“Old Boys” vs. New Tricks At St. Bernard’s School, new-money barbarians are at war with upper-class traditionalists

Killing Spree When migrant women disappeared on the island of Cyprus, no one went looking for them

The author recalls an inspiring English teacher—and recounts the gruesome gaslighting that ended with his murder

Mein Campf! The scandalous Hitler-diaries fiasco nearly brought down three major news organizations

The gaudy villa that has French countrysiders in a tizzy

1963 All Over Again Courtney and Corrie Cockrell, grandnieces of the assassinated civil-rights hero Medgar Evers, consider his legacy through the lens of George Floyd

The Making of a Predator, Part I What hidden demons drove Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall?

Davos Satyricon A new investigation reveals that the high-powered World Economic Forum is a sexist toga party in the Swiss Alps

Who Really Killed Jimmy Hoffa? (And was the frozen salmon a red herring?)

The Princess Diaries Narcissism, drug abuse, infidelity, and betrayal—Princess Margaret’s longtime lady-in-waiting writes a tell-all

Play With It Again, Sam We went to Paris for an exclusive look at the Woody Allen movie that Amazon dumped and no one wants Americans to see

Glock Party Celebrities flock to fête the inventor of a killer handgun

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