Milan Banned Smoking. Locals Aren’t Having It
“I’m moving to Rome”: the Milanese react to a new law prohibiting smoking in public spaces
Everything Old Is New Again
“Tablescaping” vs. “setting the table,” “preloved fashion” vs. “secondhand” … Is Gen Z really changing boomer habits or just rebranding them?
Bare Facebook Liar
Mark Zuckerberg has killed Meta’s fact-checking program, accusing it of political bias. One former fact-checker can’t believe it
The Pen Is Stiffer Than the Sword
Tyler Bennett recalls the tips, tricks, and twists of writing erotica in which—unlike in porn films—context is everything
On the Couch with Freud (Bella, That Is)
The fashion designer—and great-granddaughter of Sigmund—analyzes Kate Moss, Zadie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas on her new podcast
A Restaurant Revolt in London
Locals are sick of tourists and influencers crowding their favorite restaurants—and are turning to ingenious means to lead them astray
Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment
The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?
AIR MAIL’s Inaugural Over-Under List
From raw milk to Luigi Mangione’s eyebrow specialist, this year’s most overhyped and underhyped things
Why Americans Love What You Do—and Brits Hate to Hear It
In the U.S., overpraising is endemic, while in the U.K., compliments are viewed as insincere
Unoriginal Sinner
Italy’s little-known, highly suspicious history with the same steroids Jannik Sinner tested positive for bodes poorly for the tennis world champion and his massage-table alibi
Trouble in La-La Land
The Krotona apartments, in L.A.’s Hollywood Hills, once attracted artists, actors, and eccentrics. Now their state of disrepair has pitted neighbor against neighbor
Au Revoir les Voitures!
A radical plan to reduce traffic in Paris is underway. Will it reduce the capital’s deadly road-rage incidents?
Undecided? Moi?
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is apoplectic at the political ads bombarding his Pennsylvania home
Not in My Bar Harbor
Locals are up in arms over a cruise-ship monopoly that’s quickly turning a quaint coastal town into the Venice of Maine
Jagged Little Pill
How the birth-control pill went from women’s-lib sensation to TikTok albatross, drawing backlash from young people on both the left and right
The Vocal Minority
What’s behind the growing popularity of Ivy League student Republican clubs?
Voting with Your Gut
The straw vote at Harry’s Bar, in Paris, has predicted the results of the American presidential election as accurately—if more drunkenly—than many more scientific polls
AARP-Breaker
Al Pacino and Mick Jagger are notches on the bedpost of the glamorous, 30-year-old film producer Noor Alfallah
The Fantastic Ms. Fox
Julia Fox’s life has been filled with sex, drugs, and Kanye West. Unbowed and unashamed, she’s now taking on motherhood with the same riotous spirit
Gambling Man
Jamie Reuben, of the English property-and-investment firm Reuben Brothers, is spending billions on hotels and private clubs in New York. But will the Upper East Side love him back?
A Chicago Turf War
When a flashy, young private-equity mogul sought to build a lavish compound on the shores of Lake Michigan, he didn’t count on pushback from the area’s old money
Longships of Luxury
With their mix of sleek Scandinavian design and Nordic ruggedness, J Craft’s Torpedo boats offer elegance, power—and a seal of approval from the King of Sweden
Eyesore of the Cotswolds
A California billionaire wants to build a hideous hybrid manor house in a picturesque English village—the locals are revolting
Goat Carcasses, Realpolitik, and Horse-Milk Ice Cream
In Kazakhstan, the Nomad Games provide sporting cover for political maneuvering
