Letter from Cairo
In Egypt, a bad feeling about what the fallout from the Soleimani assassination might bring
All Woke and No Play
Academics retaliate against P.C. censorship terrorists with panic buttons
Boris’s Bunny Boiler
The British P.M.’s onetime American friend Jennifer Arcuri wants to publish diaries detailing their trysts and telephone calls
Villa Envy
Foreigners can buy a village town house in Sicily for the price of an espresso. And get a tax cut
The Speed Demons of Medellín
“Gravity biking,” a wild sport in which teenage boys hurtle down steep streets on bicycles at 70 m.p.h., is taking over Colombia
Ars Longa, Bullshit Longer
How we are fooled by pretentious titles on art
“How Do I Sew a Button On?”
For Gen Z: the hottest college trend? “Adulting” classes, where kids learn skills Mommy and Daddy forgot to teach them
Instagrinch
All she wants for Christmas is for you to stop sharing. Now
It’s a Wonderful Strife
Brits are battling over which is better: a department store’s costly Christmas ad or a modest one for a small family-owned shop. Vote here to settle the dispute
The Blinder Side
The author of Moneyball and Liar’s Poker wants to take on climate change, but cannot find the right antihero to champion
Stranger Things Is Happening
In London, obsessive fans of the show can now live in Hawkins, Indiana—and follow in the steps of Mike, Dustin, and the gang
Imperial Japan’s Last Casualty
General Shiba Goro did not fight in World War II, but he chose to die for it
The Calm Before the Storm
A letter from Hong Kong
Village Idiot
A dot-com entrepreneur is reviled as he tries to restore his ancestral village in Devon in the style of Silicon Valley
Sisters in Arms
Why are young British women volunteering to fight and die alongside the Kurds?
Outsourcing the Holidays
Why go to the trouble of decorating when these enterprising entrepreneurs will handle the heavy lifting?
Impostor Syndrome
German businessman who posed as an anti-Nazi martyr was actually a Hitler loyalist and wartime profiteer
Last Call
In his new venture, Exit Here, Oliver Peyton brings his velvet-rope, nightlife-impresario approach to the funeral business
The Sex App
Ferly, the digital platform that tells you everything you wanted to know about libido and “self-pleasure”
Unbuild the Wall
The night they drove old Deutschland down
Why Do Rich People Love to Shoplift?
A week before he was busted for petty larceny at Kmart, a man had paid $8 million for an island in the Florida Keys
“What Ho, Sergei!”
Rich Russian family advertises for a butler who can shimmer like Jeeves
Speak, Memory. Faster!
Are you smart enough to compete in the European Quizzing Championships?
Marking Their Territory
Thanks to the tech crowd, San Francisco is now home to more dogs than children—and the city is forever changed
