Golden State Worriers
With gold prices reaching record highs, independent jewelry designers are having to get creative
The Billionaire vs. the Beckhams
David and Victoria Beckham thought they could win the public-relations war with their son Brooklyn—but they didn’t reckon on the sharp practices and bullying personality of his father-in-law, Nelson Peltz
A Beckxit Bombshell
From his L.A. mansion, prodigal son Brooklyn Beckham has leveled a laundry list of accusations against his parents, Becks and Posh Spice. Is anyone else having déjà vu?
No Fun in the Sun
Inside the allegations of skin rashes and chlamydia outbreaks rocking tony St. Barth’s
Looking for Mr. Far-Right
Incel provocateur Nick Fuentes hates women. So why does he have so many female fans? Welcome to the world of the “groypette”
The Curious Case of Meghan Markle’s Disappearing Publicist
How the Duchess of Sussex’s foundation lost its 11th—11th!—flack
Playing Tennis with Abbie Hoffman
It’s 1974, you’re a Los Angeles sitcom writer, and you’ve just been asked to hit some balls with a notorious fugitive from justice. Where’s your racket?
Living the Dream
Money can’t buy happiness, but from $5,000 smart mattress covers to circadian-tuned private jets, the .1 percent is determined to buy a good night’s sleep
AIR MAIL’s Annual Over-Under List
From Yorgos Lanthimos and Labubus to King Charles and the mold at Bathhouse, this year’s most overhyped and underhyped things
The Boom Before the Bust
From caviar and Dom Pérignon at Mach 2 to the fatal Air France crash of 2000, former members of the Concorde crew revisit the era of supersonic flight
Take Me Home, Canton Roads
Alexis Wilkins—the country-singer girlfriend of F.B.I. director Kash Patel—may warble about pickup trucks and patriotism, but she grew up in an elite Swiss boarding school for billionaires, dictators … and Tucker Carlson
If Having a Boyfriend Is Embarrassing, What Does That Mean About Husbands?
A viral Vogue article has our newly married editor in a tailspin
Bow Out Like Beckham
In an endless feud with his parents, Posh and Becks, Brooklyn Beckham delivers his latest snub—as a no-show at his father’s knighthood bash
Melania Meets Her Match
From “MAGA myrmidons” to “North Korean style confessions,” inside the lawsuit pitting the First Lady against Trump’s No. 1 gadfly, Michael Wolff
The Bush Is Back, Baby!
But there’s a catch. Welcome to the wild world of “merkins”
Freeze Yo Self
A new wave of tech companies wants to stop aging before it starts
When It Comes to Book Parties, More Is, Apparently, More
If Mark Ronson, Keith McNally, a Real Housewife, and an artist’s wife are anything to go by, it’s not enough to have just one book party anymore
The Battle of the Plastics
Credit-card companies are battling for affluent young customers with increasingly lavish, one-of-a-kind experiences. How long can it last?
Religious Nuts
From salted peanuts to caffeinated wine to CBD-infused tea, churches, monasteries, and convents create some of the world’s finest gourmet victuals
The Shop That Put the Swing in Swinging London
At Granny Takes a Trip, the Chelsea clothing store whose customers included John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and Lou Reed, it was difficult to tell who was a pop star and who wasn’t
Is Sam Altman a Psycho C.E.O.?
Without guilt or guardrails, the co-founder of OpenAI has created a trillion-dollar empire built on appropriation, bootlicking, and slop
The Girlbosses Next Door
Whitney Wolfe Herd, of Bumble; Leandra Medine Cohen, of Man Repeller; Audrey Gelman, of the Wing … The female founders are back, baby. Is anyone surprised?
The Last Enlightenment Man
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker is battling the woke left and the woo-woo right
When the Art World Lost Its Mind (and Money)
NFTs once promised to revolutionize creativity and commerce. Four years later, the market has collapsed, fortunes have vanished, and the art scene is still reckoning with what it all meant