Money Pit
The sheikh who can’t remember how many villas and castles he owns
The End or the Beginning?
Anne Applebaum says democracy is in its final days. The author says, Not so fast
Signifying Nothing
The coronavirus is not here to teach humanity a lesson. Beware of its self-proclaimed interpreters
An Outsize Burden
America’s Black elite deserve to be reckoned with on their own terms—not those created by the media
Gondoliers’ Row
In Venice, a rule favoring the offspring of gondoliers sparked fury. Its defenders point to the importance of passing the tradition from father to son
Bee List
The planet’s most vital species has life lessons for these turbulent times
Worst. Bond Villain. Ever.
Beleaguered Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg disrupts Hawaii
Flying Start
With help from Rolls-Royce, makers of the Concorde engines, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is at work on a jet that will cross the Atlantic in under two hours
Lily Cole
The British model who has shifted her focus from the fashion industry to environmental activism
So, Maybe You Should Toke with the Rabbi?
For weed-loving Jews, edibles are manna. But a kosher option? Not so easy
Record Scratch
A Hamptons charity event calling itself Safe & Sound was anything but. Working the turntables was Goldman Sachs C.E.O. David “DJ D-Sol” Solomon
Love Bites
An Ode to Shark Week
Hot Priest
The young, handsome vicar charming the streets of London with Judy Collins’s “Amazing Grace”
Days of Whine and Rosés
The Hamptons put the “distance” in social distancing
Breeding Anxiety: Gay-Dad Stress Disorder
With their surrogate babies, Anderson Cooper and other wealthy men spark an identity crisis
Up in Flames
As Burning Man goes virtual, a new documentary reveals what really goes down on the playa
Cocaine Blues
The white powder has become so ubiquitous among London’s middle class that it’s losing its edge
The Official Wheels of Squaresville?
The new Citroën Ami looks like a Playmobil, but it could be the future of driving
Wild Wheels
On what would have been festival weekend, photographs by Scott London celebrate Burning Man’s most eccentric rides
Mob Rule
During the plague years, Milan’s criminal gangs controlled the streets. When cholera hit, they disposed of corpses. Now, Roberto Saviano says the mafia is behind a major coronavirus response
Planes Have Changed While You Were Away
In the Flying-V, passengers will sit in the wings. It’s also better for the environment
Call Girl
Talking dirty on an actual phone is the new sexting
It’s Just Not Cricket
The world’s snootiest sporting club is being rocked by revolt from within
Members Only
A Belgian urologist lays out everything a man should know about shape, size, and “penisfulness”
