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Missing in Action

Nearly four decades after the Falklands War, Richard Farrand is re-united with his service hat

Appearances Are (Still) Everything

In this new work-from-home world, videoconferencing is king and your background contains multitudes

Celluloid Zeros

Has the coronavirus undermined our obsession with celebrity?

Week Two in the I.C.U.

Coronavirus cases are up. Vital supplies remain down

Old School, New Tricks

Eton opens its doors to the children of N.H.S. workers, finally giving the posh English boarding school a class worth bragging about

Viral Vigilantes

The latest cause of the Twitter rage mob? Social-media distancing

The Lyin’ King

Trump goes missing in the six weeks the pandemic takes to devastate his country

Romeo Meets Juliet, with a Happy Ending

In Italy, two lovers start a romance across balconies

Side Effects

Cataloguing some of the less consequential repercussions of the coronavirus

Ivory Power

How genetic scientists at Berkeley raced to the labs and created a high-speed test for the coronavirus

Dirty Books for Clean Hands

Sales of “quarantine erotica” are booming, thanks to the coronavirus

One Hand Washes the Other

To allay your coronavirus-induced angst, put the “social” in social distance

Marathoning in Place

Last week, more than 2,000 runners around the world took part in a live-streamed race, despite being in self-isolation. It was Zoom at its most literal—and thrilling

How to Thrash Your Family at Scrabble

Tips and tactics that will make you Master of the Board in these lockdown days

More Side Effects

Self-isolation then and now. A lot has changed since 1978—but some things haven’t

The Highest Office

A former Trump intimate insists that Donald Trump is a known substance abuser. Why is no one listening?

Where Bad Behavior Is Always in Season

In the Hamptons, the only thing not on lockdown is New Yorkers’ sense of entitlement

A French Kiss-Off

Will the double cheek kiss be France’s next coronavirus casualty?

Unholy Virgin

Richard Branson is Trump in Cool Britannia clothing

Ground Control to Captain Tom

How a 99-year-old World War II vet became England’s hottest pop idol

Imaginary Girlfriend

In Japan, holographic women are heralding the era of digisexuality

The $93 Billion Man

Bill Gates on the race for a vaccine, the need for cooperation across borders, and what he misses most under lockdown

Uprising, Interrupted

The pandemic forced global protest movements into lockdown. But how long until they bust out?

Egomania

Quarantine has changed a lot about the world, but when it comes to posting photos on Instagram, it’s still a narcissist’s game