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Falling Dominoes

The latest Cold War–era monument to be destroyed in Berlin: Generalshotel, a V.I.P. lounge that Fidel Castro and Leonid Brezhnev passed through on trips to East Germany

Hot Properties

Habitable seeks to combine real-estate porn with eco-disaster anxiety. But who’s it really for?

Break Camp

For decades, DJ Jeff Yahney was the king of sleepaway summer camps. Then cost-cutting Wall Street types realized his venues could be investments

Soccer’s New Footprint

For Forest Green Rovers, the world’s first carbon-neutral soccer team, bringing politics into the sport hasn’t played out exactly as the team’s super-rich owner had hoped

A Village Fête in London

One of the city’s most eccentric traditions sees waiters going head-to-head in a race around Soho

Company Town

Inside the Praxis Society, a Silicon Valley–backed start-up attempting to build a city in the Mediterranean

The Last of the Giants

Before Steve Jobs, Polaroid founder Edwin Land developed revolutionary products at the intersection of art and technology. Thanks to a devoted few, his 225-pound 20x24 camera lives on

Keeping Up with the Joneses

In the 1990s, Helen Fielding’s hilarious novel Bridget Jones’s Diary became a huge hit. Now revisionists are ruining the fun

Antique Road Show

At Mille Miglia, Italy’s most prestigious auto race, an appreciation for classic cars and all that comes with driving them—danger, beauty, and speed—endures across generations

I Am Important

Being exceptional is overrated. Perhaps it’s time to embrace the power of an ordinary life

Anyone for Fives? Anyone?

As Wimbledon approaches and the lawn-tennis season enters full swing, another, less vaunted ball sport is clinging to life

The House Always Wins

Sara King, the self-proclaimed “slot whisperer” of Las Vegas, used other people’s money to bet big. Then her luck ran out

A Flap over a Mop

Some people tip their hairdresser. Boris Johnson gave his an M.B.E.

Criminals Yesterday, Influencers Today

From O. J. Simpson to Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, Amanda Knox to the Tinder Swindler, ex-cons are social media’s new favorite thing

O Father, Where Art Thou?

Ignoring paternal advice can have long-standing consequences

Bend It Like M.B.S.

As the Gulf states jockey for control of the Arabian Peninsula, they’re waging battle through an unlikely proxy: European football

Grave New World

Jensen Huang used to clean toilets. Now he runs a trillion-dollar A.I. company that could change the course of history

Rise of the Senior Swiftie

It’s not just tweens and teens who are knocked out by Taylor Swift. She’s a hit with the boomers too

The Future Is Female—and Not in a Good Way

From Amazon’s Alexa to Apple’s Siri, A.I.’s female defaults are teaching our youngest generations to associate women’s voices with obedience

Proceed to Checkout

Newly engaged fauxlanthropists Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have mastered the art of “strategic giving” from their half-a-billion-dollar yacht

So Much More than a Wedding

This season, “non-wedding weddings”—think short ceremonies, long parties, and far-flung locales—are all the rage, and brides have taken the assignment to heart

Girls Just Want to F1

The wild success of Netflix’s docuseries Formula 1: Drive to Survive has bred a new type of Grand Prix fan

Blood on the Green Felt

An accusation of cheating in a high-stakes game of poker has led to allegations of sexism, criminal gangs, and mysterious vibrating devices

Going Overboard

Enlightened billionaires like Bernard Arnault, Giorgio Armani, and Barry Diller name their own boats. A Viennese consultant helps those less inspired name their new yachts