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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”

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

Village Idiot

A dot-com entrepreneur is reviled as he tries to restore his ancestral village in Devon in the style of Silicon Valley

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

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

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

“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

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

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

All Woke and No Play

Academics retaliate against P.C. censorship terrorists with panic buttons

Letter from Cairo

In Egypt, a bad feeling about what the fallout from the Soleimani assassination might bring

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

Putin on the Ritz

To understand Russia’s leader, go back to Stalin

For-Profit Feminism

Who’s really making a killing from the quest for workplace equality?

Is Paris Fuming? Oui!

Our expat in France reports on life during nationwide strikes, now in their third month