TERROR INCOGNITA

Over the past three decades, Hamas has operated on American soil under the cover of an intricate web of charities and activist organizations, reports Johanna Berkman …

THE UNDERBELLY OF THE BEAST

As the YouTube sensation MrBeast faces allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate behavior, his squeaky-clean, altruistic image is suffering …

THE PARENT TRAP

When he criticized childless women, J. D. Vance failed to heed the example of Andrea Leadsom, the former British P.M. candidate who lost for that very reason …

YOUNG MONEY

While most teenagers are vaping and scrolling social media, acolytes of investing influencer Maurits Neo get their kicks from reading self-help books, taking ice baths, and making as much money as possible …

BILLIONS BY THE SEA

Stephen Schwarzman is the latest billionaire to buy a Gilded Age mansion in Newport, Rhode Island, and he’s planning a Gatsby-esque blowout to announce his arrival. But will he ever fit in?

LIT BRAT REVISITED

Forty years after Bright Lights, Big City shook up the literary world, Jay McInerney considers the legacy of the cocaine-filled, rip-roaring novel that launched his career and defined an era in New York …

THE RIGHT TO BARE LEGS

Among men, few items of clothing are as polarizing as shorts. For AIR MAIL’s inaugural style column, we consult six fashion experts for advice on how to pull them off—that is, without taking them off …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

A personal history of the Third Reich … the comic strip that launched Sean Connery’s career … why Josh Hartnett traded his fame for a herd of pygmy goats … decoding Italy’s lighting problem … the best Greek island has only 650 residents … a new history of American bookstores … Cast your vote for this week’s biggest Attention Whore!

Issue No. 265

The View from Here If J. D. Vance had bothered to check, he would have learned about another aspiring politician who made childlessness a campaign slur

By Andy Borowitz

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Hamas in America: The Untold Story An AIR MAIL investigation reveals the deep roots linking a web of U.S.-based charities and activist groups to the architects of October 7

By Johanna Berkman

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MrBeast Shows His Fangs Jimmy Donaldson’s outlandishly generous stunts get millions of views—and earn him hundreds of millions of dollars—but is his dark side starting to come out?

By Anna Maxted

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Clean Sweep

Reject chaos and disorder. Embrace a new reality ruled by unfettered organization. AIR SUPPLY has everything you need to clean up—from Puebco Shoe Fresh inserts to Atelier French terry dish towels, to Kassatex nesting baskets

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Photo: Clifford Coffin/Condé Nast/Getty Images (models)

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn’s Favorite Things The New York City–based gallerist champions artists such as Judy Chicago and curates cultural crossovers with Jay-Z. Here, she casts her eye on Troop mushroom gummies, Alaïa balloon jeans, and more

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The Long on Shorts Shorts are the most troubling of male garments. We’ve called on six men’s-wear experts for tips on when and how to wear them—if at all!

By Jensen Davis

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The Affluenza Set Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Gilded Age housewarming party has his Newport neighbors abuzz about his renovations and social ambitions

By Sam Dangremond

Photo Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop

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Child’s Pay Entrepreneurial teenagers are swapping traditional after-school activities for side hustles, from content editing to crypto investing

By Carolina de Armas

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Escaping the Fame Trap Josh Hartnett gave up Hollywood stardom for small movies, family life, and a herd of pygmy goats in the British countryside

By Stuart McGurk

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“How is everything, besides the obvious?”

The Attention-Whore Index Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bears all, Clarence Thomas is allergic to flying coach, and J. D. Vance keeps stepping on rakes

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READ Zero Visibility Possible Investigative reporter Nina Burleigh’s debut novel, Zero Visibility Possible, has a jolting…

WEAR En Passant The term “chore jacket” has always struck me as a bit misleading because when I wear one, I’d rather do anything but chores…

LOOK The Tennis Court Is there a sport more pleasing to watch than tennis? There’s the sound of the racket hitting the ball and the rhythm of the players…

WEAR Brunello Cucinelli On some days, it’s not enough to simply wear Brunello Cucinelli—we won’t be satisfied until we, too, live in an ancient hilltop town…

STRUT Balenciaga Sneaker-heads, on your marks. Balenciaga has launched the Circuit, a fresh interpretation of running shoes…

SWIM Luisa Beccaria The Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria (full disclosure: she is my fiancé’s mother) has long been a staple of Milan Fashion Week…

READ Zero Visibility Possible Investigative reporter Nina Burleigh’s debut novel, Zero Visibility Possible, has a jolting…

WEAR En Passant The term “chore jacket” has always struck me as a bit misleading because when I wear one, I’d rather do anything but chores…

LOOK The Tennis Court Is there a sport more pleasing to watch than tennis? There’s the sound of the racket hitting the ball and the rhythm of the players…

WEAR Brunello Cucinelli On some days, it’s not enough to simply wear Brunello Cucinelli—we won’t be satisfied until we, too, live in an ancient hilltop town…

STRUT Balenciaga Sneaker-heads, on your marks. Balenciaga has launched the Circuit, a fresh interpretation of running shoes…

SWIM Luisa Beccaria The Milanese designer Luisa Beccaria (full disclosure: she is my fiancé’s mother) has long been a staple of Milan Fashion Week…

Defining “Weird” Trump is the exemplar of something, but what is it, exactly?

By John Ficarra

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Bright Lights Hits the Big 4-0 Jay McInerney made his literary debut with Bright Lights, Big City. On its anniversary, the hedonistic Manhattan novel still defines his career, and a bygone era

By Max Kutner

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Black and White and Bond All Over The James Bond comic strip closely foreshadowed the films—and helped Sean Connery get the title role

By Vanessa Thorpe

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“Keep heart, Rexy boy … even if we strike out, we’ll look damn good doing it.”

Lunch with George Hamilton On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Hollywood’s most dashing actor explains why, for the early part of his career, everyone was convinced he was in the C.I.A.

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The Big Light Haunting Italy The food is divine. The architecture is exquisite. So why is it lit like a hospital room?

By Mark C. O'Flaherty

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The Folegandros File One of Greece’s farthest-flung islands has at least six great restaurants, charming places to stay—and only 650 residents

By Simon Mills

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Joanne Kaufman On

The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore

by Evan Friss

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Tobias Grey On

A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson

by Camille Peri

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Mein Gang In an interview, British historian Richard J. Evans discusses the personalities drawn to Nazism, today’s authoritarian leaders, and his new book, Hitler’s People

By Jim Kelly

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Venice in Bloom A new book of photographs by Marco Valmarana takes readers inside the Floating City’s secret gardens

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The Cloister of the Cypresses, at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, on Venice’s San Giorgio Maggiore island.

Cypresses and Lady Banks roses come together in the foyer of this imaginary garden, drawn by the landscape architect and writer Marco Bay.

A stone lion guards a doorway in the Eden Garden on Giudecca island.

Geometrically designed hedges separate Ca’ Dei Leone, on Giudecca, from the lagoon.

Roses and wisteria drape over a pergola on the grounds of Palazzo Bragadin Dabalà, in the Dorsoduro district.

A vegetable garden at Hotel Cipriani, on Giudecca.

A bridge connects Palazzo Albrizzi, in the San Polo district, to its green spaces.

An aerial view of Giudecca and the lagoon.

Boston ivy and wisteria surround an oakleaf hydrangea on the grounds of Palazzo Gradenigo, in the Santa Croce district.

A pathway of blue hydrangeas leads to Ca’ Bernardo, in San Polo.

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J. D. Vance Is the New Dwight Schrute On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz explains why the would-be veep is so pathetic

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Roots of Evil

One morning, around the year 1900, the Austrian artist Alfred Kubin sat down at his desk in Munich and pondered what to draw that day. Picking up his pen and a small piece of paper roughly five by seven inches, he sketched the figure of a naked, emaciated man, his hands tied behind his back. The man is suspended horizontally like a hammock, with his feet tied to the top of a pole while his head is held aloft by a stake through his mouth. A fire burns beneath him, scorching his belly black. Satisfied, Kubin titled the picture Torture. READ ON

The Large Head, by Alfred Kubin, 1899.

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Juan Diego Silva-Zúñiga The 25-year-old left his life in Mexico to pursue directing. To make his first music video, he had to get scrappy

By Carolina de Armas

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Jamie Lee Curtis

The Oscar- and Golden Globe–winning actress shares 73 of her favorite things

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Drawings based on real-life events. Names of those pictured have been redacted to protect their anonymity.

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The View from Here If J. D. Vance had bothered to check, he would have learned about another aspiring politician who made childlessness a campaign slur

Hamas in America: The Untold Story An AIR MAIL investigation reveals the deep roots linking a web of U.S.-based charities and activist groups to the architects of October 7

MrBeast Shows His Fangs Jimmy Donaldson’s outlandishly generous stunts get millions of views—and earn him hundreds of millions of dollars—but is his dark side starting to come out?

Reject chaos and disorder. Embrace a new reality ruled by unfettered organization. AIR SUPPLY has everything you need to clean up—from Puebco Shoe Fresh inserts to Atelier French terry dish towels, to Kassatex nesting baskets

Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn’s Favorite Things The New York City–based gallerist champions artists such as Judy Chicago and curates cultural crossovers with Jay-Z. Here, she casts her eye on Troop mushroom gummies, Alaïa balloon jeans, and more

The Long on Shorts Shorts are the most troubling of male garments. We’ve called on six men’s-wear experts for tips on when and how to wear them—if at all!

The Affluenza Set Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s Gilded Age housewarming party has his Newport neighbors abuzz about his renovations and social ambitions

Child’s Pay Entrepreneurial teenagers are swapping traditional after-school activities for side hustles, from content editing to crypto investing

Escaping the Fame Trap Josh Hartnett gave up Hollywood stardom for small movies, family life, and a herd of pygmy goats in the British countryside

The Attention-Whore Index Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bears all, Clarence Thomas is allergic to flying coach, and J. D. Vance keeps stepping on rakes

Defining “Weird” Trump is the exemplar of something, but what is it, exactly?

Bright Lights Hits the Big 4-0 Jay McInerney made his literary debut with Bright Lights, Big City. On its anniversary, the hedonistic Manhattan novel still defines his career, and a bygone era

Black and White and Bond All Over The James Bond comic strip closely foreshadowed the films—and helped Sean Connery get the title role

Lunch with George Hamilton On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Hollywood’s most dashing actor explains why, for the early part of his career, everyone was convinced he was in the C.I.A.

The Big Light Haunting Italy The food is divine. The architecture is exquisite. So why is it lit like a hospital room?

The Folegandros File One of Greece’s farthest-flung islands has at least six great restaurants, charming places to stay—and only 650 residents

Mein Gang In an interview, British historian Richard J. Evans discusses the personalities drawn to Nazism, today’s authoritarian leaders, and his new book, Hitler’s People

Venice in Bloom A new book of photographs by Marco Valmarana takes readers inside the Floating City’s secret gardens

J. D. Vance Is the New Dwight Schrute On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz explains why the would-be veep is so pathetic

Juan Diego Silva-Zúñiga The 25-year-old left his life in Mexico to pursue directing. To make his first music video, he had to get scrappy

The Oscar- and Golden Globe–winning actress shares 73 of her favorite things

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