Tress Test
As Paris tiptoes toward reopening, hundreds of its best-coiffed women are still suffering on the waiting list at David Mallett’s salon. Welcome to the new normal…
History Repeats Itself
“We can really understand something of epic tragedy only when it becomes personal”: honoring the end of World War II in the middle of a pandemic
Uprising, Interrupted
The pandemic forced global protest movements into lockdown. But how long until they bust out?
Egomania
Quarantine has changed a lot about the world, but when it comes to posting photos on Instagram, it’s still a narcissist’s game
The $93 Billion Man
Bill Gates on the race for a vaccine, the need for cooperation across borders, and what he misses most under lockdown
Imaginary Girlfriend
In Japan, holographic women are heralding the era of digisexuality
Ground Control to Captain Tom
How a 99-year-old World War II vet became England’s hottest pop idol
Unholy Virgin
Richard Branson is Trump in Cool Britannia clothing
A French Kiss-Off
Will the double cheek kiss be France’s next coronavirus casualty?
Where Bad Behavior Is Always in Season
In the Hamptons, the only thing not on lockdown is New Yorkers’ sense of entitlement
How to Thrash Your Family at Scrabble
Tips and tactics that will make you Master of the Board in these lockdown days
More Side Effects
Self-isolation then and now. A lot has changed since 1978—but some things haven’t
The Highest Office
A former Trump intimate insists that Donald Trump is a known substance abuser. Why is no one listening?
Marathoning in Place
Last week, more than 2,000 runners around the world took part in a live-streamed race, despite being in self-isolation. It was Zoom at its most literal—and thrilling
One Hand Washes the Other
To allay your coronavirus-induced angst, put the “social” in social distance
Side Effects
Cataloguing some of the less consequential repercussions of the coronavirus
Dirty Books for Clean Hands
Sales of “quarantine erotica” are booming, thanks to the coronavirus
Ivory Power
How genetic scientists at Berkeley raced to the labs and created a high-speed test for the coronavirus
Romeo Meets Juliet, with a Happy Ending
In Italy, two lovers start a romance across balconies
Old School, New Tricks
Eton opens its doors to the children of N.H.S. workers, finally giving the posh English boarding school a class worth bragging about
The Lyin’ King
Trump goes missing in the six weeks the pandemic takes to devastate his country
Week Two in the I.C.U.
Coronavirus cases are up. Vital supplies remain down
Viral Vigilantes
The latest cause of the Twitter rage mob? Social-media distancing
Celluloid Zeros
Has the coronavirus undermined our obsession with celebrity?
