Going Cold Turkey
Can a millennial survive a week without a smartphone?
Cape of No Hope
Corruption and crime have killed Nelson Mandela’s dream and doomed the country’s future
Is This the End of the First Amendment?
A startling court ruling makes it easier to jail insider traders—as well as whistleblowers and reporters
Living Really Large
Outside Cairo, the biggest man-made structure in the world—an apartment complex for 30,000 residents—is in the works
Generation in Retrograde
Millennials won’t do anything without consulting their horoscope
Painting the Town (Rectory) Red
The rise and fall of Farrow & Ball, paint purveyors to a vanishing upper class
Is Paris Fuming? Oui!
Our expat in France reports on life during nationwide strikes, now in their third month
For-Profit Feminism
Who’s really making a killing from the quest for workplace equality?
Gail Sheehy, 1937—2020
We are honored to have published her letter from Cuba earlier this year
Putin on the Ritz
To understand Russia’s leader, go back to Stalin
Design for Assisted Living
Sweden’s Queen Silvia and Ikea team up to create pre-fab, low-cost apartments for older people, including those with dementia
Goops!
The marketing of Gwyneth’s genitalia
Letter from Cairo
In Egypt, a bad feeling about what the fallout from the Soleimani assassination might bring
Villa Envy
Foreigners can buy a village town house in Sicily for the price of an espresso. And get a tax cut
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
Ars Longa, Bullshit Longer
How we are fooled by pretentious titles on art
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
“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
The Calm Before the Storm
A letter from Hong Kong
