Plot Twist
Jack Warnecke designed J.F.K.’s gravesite—then romanced Jackie
In and Out of the Doghouse
Brigitte Bardot’s will provided for her beloved animals—but her husband is still fighting over the scraps
Gaslighting Katy Perry
With Russell Brand now in jail, friends and former staff describe how he controlled and belittled his then wife as her stardom eclipsed his own
The View from Here
What was in it for Alice Huang?
Succession, Italian–Style
He has two yachts, jokes of being a billion dollars in debt, and claims to have slept with 2,000 women. Now the playboy heir to the Ray-Ban fortune is at war with his late father’s handpicked C.E.O.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Nerd
Has there ever been a group more defenseless against attractive female spies than the men building artificial intelligence?
The View from Here
MAGA was an overhyped product that failed to work as advertised. On Tuesday, the American electorate demanded a refund
Silurians in the Doghouse
A member of New York’s oldest press club sued the National Arts Club for banning her incontinent service poodles. Now its septuagenarians have been evicted, too
How to Disappear Completely
Frank Ahearn used to find people who didn’t want to be found. Now he helps them vanish
The View from Here
Harry Houdini died 100 years ago this Halloween. But he left behind an unfinished book about the dangers of magical thinking that is unfortunately more relevant than ever
Jamaica’s Vanishing Coastline
All-inclusive resorts and private compounds now control more than 99 percent of the country’s world-famous beaches. Ordinary Jamaicans are fed up
The Meghan We Didn’t Know
Disturbing allegations against the Duchess of Sussex’s father cast their estrangement—and the events leading up to Megxit—in a new light. Does the press owe her an apology?
Announcing the Winners of the 2026 AIR MAIL Tom Wolfe Prizes
The recipients are Sarah Anderson, for fiction, and Carlos Barragán, for reportage
Resting Princess Face
After years of looking as though she’d married into a hostage situation, Princess Charlene is playing the devoted wife. For Monaco’s scandal-battered palace, the timing couldn’t be better
Kelly Clarkson and the Bird That Divided Brooklyn
The singer’s claim that she got the Pretty Woman treatment in a ritzy New York toy store has sparked a frenzy of heated opinions
“It’s Elizabeth Holmes … I Understand We’ll Be Making a Film Together”
The Theranos documentary that wasn’t
The View from Here
A comedian’s modest proposals for the Democratic Socialists of America
The Shadow of the Putney Pusher
Nine years after a jogger shoved a woman into the path of a London bus, a suspect with royal connections was arrested. Now he is dead, and his sisters want answers
An Heir of Defiance
A quarter-billion-dollar fortune helped Fergie Chambers pursue his revolutionary ambitions. Now he’s in a Spanish prison, fighting to keep the country he loathes from bringing him home
Welcome to SlutCon
For the techies engineering our future, talking to actual women can be a daunting prospect. Fortunately, there’s a conference for that
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may be a public disgrace—but England’s aristocrats won’t let that spoil their supper plans
The View from Here
Have we reached Peak Beatles?
The AIR MAIL Diary
A South Korean A.I.-dating show! A Japanese crab-themed resort! And other strange stories from around the globe …
The View from Here
In 1980s New York, Donald Trump had the press in the palm of his hand. Only one satirical yet scrupulously reported magazine had the temerity to note the length of his fingers …