Archive

August 3, 2019

Bucket List Be Damned!

AIR MAIL co-editor Graydon Carter wonders why the most powerful nations in the English-speaking world—America and Britain—are run by two bumbling fools

The Monster in Their Midst

Jean-Claude Romand, whose horrific murder spree shook France in 1993, has just left prison for a monastery, Peter Conradi learns

Boris-Ripper

Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial insights. Ben Macintyre finds out how Seventy-Two Virgins almost slipped into obscurity

July 27, 2019

The Perils of Self-Improvement

Gwyneth Paltrow’s latest project, Goop for Men, turns out to be just another way to make the male sex even more fragile, Alessandra Stanley writes

Shaggy Boris Story

Jeremy Vine tells the story of a prime minister without a portfolio, pen, or a prepared speech, raising the fundamental question: Is this guy for real?

The Accused

Sam Kashner and A.J. Poots explain how a sensational pedophile trial could have stunning repercussions throughout the British establishment

July 20, 2019

For Starters …

Welcome to the first edition of AIR MAIL. Our founder and co-editor, Graydon Carter, lays out a roadmap for the issues ahead

First Scam on the Moon

Emily Ludolph uncovers how Apollo 11 marked one small step for man, and one giant leap for some German philatelists

Fawlty Towers

John von Sothen goes inside Château Diter, the sprawling château that’s becoming the scourge of Provence with each illegal addition