BetterNot
How we in lockdown view the Fresh Prince of Montecito, and other follies
Parlez-Vous Parler?
The love story behind the app that threatened the Capitol
The TikTok Star Who Hates TikTok
Sixteen-year-old Sissy Sheridan has 5.3 million TikTok followers and can’t imagine her life without the app. That doesn’t mean she likes it
#MeToo Comes for Philip Roth, In Death
Women argue that the acclaimed novelist of sex and depravity deserves a “re-contextualizing”
Maskless and Topless in Lamu
The coronavirus-free Kenyan island attracting socialites, Marina Abramović, and Dominic West (post–Lily James hoo-ha)
This Is Bullshot!
Does everyone have the vaccine but me?
Out of the Shadows
The 22-year-old woman who used Instagram to open the U.K.’s eyes to teen-on-teen sexual abuse
The Spice Girls of Niger
Meet the woman-led band rocking West Africa and beyond
Zoom-Smart
Online students have become masters of trickery, cheating, and fun at their teachers’ expense—all while adhering to the unspoken rules of high school
Princess Academy
How a Welsh school dubbed “Hippie Hogwarts” became the popular choice for European royalty and Russian oligarchs
Living with Steve Jobs’s Biographer
Walter Isaacson has written about da Vinci and Einstein. His wife writes about his creative process. Salad, anyone?
Class War
At Dalton, one of New York’s toniest private schools, a bruising battle rages between the woke and the trads
Sweet Oblivion
The hottest social network in Silicon Valley is anti-viral by design
Pet Peeves
From Shepherd’s Bush to Barking Park, pandemic dogs are clogging the curbs
Go West, Young Homme
For generations, western Long Island has been home to servicers of the more easterly Hamptons elite. Will an influx of rich Europeans change that?
Dangerous Liaisons
The coronavirus is catching up with its runaways, dealing revenge in the form of arrests, forced quarantines, and decrepit jails
Faking It
Notes on TikTok’s misplaced morals and unattainable beauty standards
Tahira Dhillon
The New Delhi–based 16-year-old who founded a magazine written by teenagers, for teenagers
Dr. Spock for the Goopsters
Lockdown meltdown has made “Dr. Becky” the child-raising guru for stressed-out millennial parents
Angry White Males
Savage infighting goes public at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs
Me-Documentaries are the New Status Symbol
Who wants to read a family history? The rich are hiring directors to tell their stories
A Boy, a Mole, a Fox, and a Horse Walk into Lockdown …
Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrations bring levity to dark times
The Toks of My Tears
How did posting breakup videos on TikTok become the new trend for Gen Z and millennials?
You’re Busted!
The pandemic lockdown is bringing out the British public’s inner Stasi
