The Polo-Pony Clone Wars
Cloning ponies promised perfection on the polo field. But the business has been beset by economic puzzles, ethical gray areas—and a suicide
Snap, Crackle, and “Bop”
Upper East Side parents are up in arms over their daughters’ obsession with OnlyFans creators
Ski Girlies Just Want to Have Fun
Sporting skintight Skims ski suits and camera-ready blowouts, a new kind of snow bunny has arrived on the slopes of Aspen and Courchevel
The Cult of Morgan
The 117-year-old British car-maker, whose pint-size but punchy roadsters have made them a household name in the U.K., hand-builds wood-framed sports cars that will make you reconsider that Porsche
Skiing and the Art of the Public Apology
The Norwegian biathlete who confessed to cheating on his girlfriend during his Olympic bronze-medal speech follows in the footsteps of Bill Clinton, Jude Law, and countless others
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
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
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?
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
The Bush Is Back, Baby!
But there’s a catch. Welcome to the wild world of “merkins”
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
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?
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
