A Nepo Star Is Born
First they came for our movies and catwalks. Now the offspring of rock royalty—Gallaghers! Martins! Grohls!—are taking over music festivals. And a Beckham shall lead them
The Recipe Site That Ate Itself
How Food52 went from a wholesome home-cook community to a $300 million e-commerce empire—and ended up being sold for spare parts
Meghan Has Joined the Chat
Having pulled Archie and Lilibet out of their new English school after just two days, Meghan faces fresh peril—yet another parents’ WhatsApp group
The View from Here
A forgotten 1970s film predicted an A.I. dictatorship. Why is Elon Musk such a fan?
The Unbearable Lightness of Brooklyn
A new biography on David and Victoria Beckham—Brand Beckham—reveals the devastating toll the couple’s fame has taken on their son
Becoming Gloria Steinem
The artist Barbara Nessim recalls how she and the future feminist icon lived together, danced together—and shared a fierce determination not to settle down
The View from Here
Half of America sees Lindsay Clancy as a monster. The other half sees her as a kind of feminist heroine. The truth, I can say from bitter experience, is more complicated
The Ken Burns of YouTube
Jon Bois makes documentaries about athletes named Bob, baseball brawls, and the worst team in N.B.A. history. Why are they so moving?
The View from Here
From the box office to the ballot box, America is stuck in reverse
The AIR MAIL Diary
The Chinese love disasters! The Italians hate texters! Nobody will visit North Korea! And other strange stories from around the globe …
The Fall of China’s Most Hated Billionaire
Hui Ka Yan built a $45 billion fortune through Evergrande’s property empire. Its collapse ruined millions—and pushed China to flood the world with goods
The Mourning Edition
After 9/11, The New York Times’s Portraits of Grief became a defining memorial to those killed at the World Trade Center—but not every family welcomed what the paper chose to remember
The View from Here
What is the U.S. Open? The sport’s chaos magnet
The New Gringos
Deported by Trump after decades in the U.S., Mexican-born immigrants are being treated as foreigners back home. But in Mexico City’s Little L.A., they’re finding work—and one another
Einstein’s Eternal Returns
Seventy-one years after Albert Einstein’s death, his face earns millions annually—and a Beverly Hills lawyer makes sure no one uses it for free
The Prodigal Spare Returns!
Six years after fleeing royal life for California, Harry and Meghan are returning to Britain—with their children, their grievances, and, perhaps, a camera crew in tow
Sherpas to the Jet Set
Travel agents were supposed to be extinct. Instead, they’ve been reborn as fixers for the super-rich—retrieving forgotten jewelry, staging $80,000 scavenger hunts, chartering emergency jets, and ensuring that “No” is never the final answer
The Fantasists Who Fooled Putin
In 2024, the Russian president was left a mysterious art collection said to be worth $2 billion. Is he the world’s luckiest dictator or the heir to a hoarder’s junk pile?
The AIR MAIL Diary
Macron’s muscles shock, Mountbatten-Windsor’s burial plans appall, and other strange stories from around the globe …
The View from Here
Israel’s unlikely savior is a Sephardic career soldier whose family paid the ultimate price in its recent wars. But can he coalesce enough disparate factions to finally end Netanyahu’s poisonous reign?
The Bullet-Riddled Rise of Tatyana Kim
Until Ukraine began bombing her warehouses, the billionaire e-commerce C.E.O. kept a very low profile. But the real backstory of Russia’s richest woman belies her wholesome image
The Outsourced In Crowd
Private clubs are turning to Contra for beautiful, influential partygoers on demand. So much for exclusivity
Flacking for the Tate Brothers
Facing charges of human trafficking and rape, the manosphere’s most notorious siblings hired their lawyer’s cousin to stage an image makeover. Can you blame a girl for trying?
The View from Here
The comedian Lenny Bruce, who died 60 years ago this month, was a fearless champion of free speech. Today, he would have less to fear from the police—and more from the audience