The Blue-Check Investment
Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay
Muckraking, Italian-Style
How a one-man newspaper in Rome attracted the attention of a U.N. agency—and the country’s Supreme Court
Nazi Pieces of Work
Memorabilia linked to the Third Reich is a favorite collectible of the super-rich. What are they thinking?
Beauty Secrets of the Dead
Everybody who’s anybody—including fictional characters such as Succession’s Logan Roy—stops in at Frank E. Campbell’s eventually
Twitterstorm
Can someone give Elon Musk a history lesson in his own company, preferably in 280 characters or less?
What Women Want
How Harry Styles avoided the playboy label—despite having lots (and lots) of girlfriends—and became an exemplar for “positive masculinity”
The Country That Never Was
The Hindu nation of Kailasa is making friends across the world. Such a shame it doesn’t exist
Tottenham Hothead
Antonio Conte, former manager of the British Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur, went down swinging … at his own team. But did he have a point?
The Beef That Broke the Internet
How the flames of a tiny feud between Justin Bieber’s ex, Selena Gomez, and his wife, Hailey Bieber, were fanned to absurd proportions
Kamikaze in Cashmere
She won the case. The mystery is why Gwyneth Paltrow went to court over $300,000. That’s less than the cost of 500 Goop vaginal jade eggs
Boujis 2.0
After closing, in 2016, the London nightclub dubbed “Studio 54 for aristocrats and It girls” is back
London’s Top Dog
The goldendoodle moment has passed. Now it’s all about the chocolate dapple dachshund
City of Sheds
How more than 300 miles of scaffolding ate New York City
The Many Suits of Pervez Musharraf
As Pakistan teeters on the brink of a coup, many look back fondly to the rule of the country’s late dictator.
It’s RH’s World
Restoration Hardware, the high-end housewares company that recently rebranded as RH, is on a mission to colonize luxury cities. In Aspen, residents are drawing the line
V.I.C.’s—The New V.I.P.’s
Fashion-show seats and the odd freebie are no longer enough for luxury brands’ Very Important Clients. Cue candlelit dinners in ancient palazzos, regattas in the Caribbean … and a major case of keeping up with the Joneses
Splitting Hairs
Inside the messy legal battle that’s temporarily shuttered Paul Molé, the Upper East Side barbershop where everyone from Henry Fonda to John F. Kennedy Jr. went for haircuts
Treasured Island
Long overlooked for its flashier neighbors, the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are having a real-estate renaissance
The Battle for Chinatown
In Los Angeles, the forces of gentrification face up against the long-term residents
Double Black Diamond in the Rough
For those brave souls willing to make the journey, the Iraq Ski Rally offers untouched slopes and striking vistas. Just look out for land mines
When It Rains, It Pours
Relentless rainstorms have made a stretch of Los Angeles’s Bel Air neighborhood lose power—and its residents lose their cool
What We Do in the Shadows
To better understand toxic masculinity, a British mother joined TikTok and Snapchat—but as a 15-year-old boy named “Harry”
Nepo-Baby Nuptials
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz may just be the ultimate bridezillas
Uncut Gemstones
If the Safdie brothers made a movie about a Christian mega-church, it would look a lot like a Hillsong service
