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?
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
How to Disappear Completely
Frank Ahearn used to find people who didn’t want to be found. Now he helps them vanish
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
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
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
Announcing the Winners of the 2026 AIR MAIL Tom Wolfe Prizes
The recipients are Sarah Anderson, for fiction, and Carlos Barragán, for reportage
“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
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
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
The View from Here
Have we reached Peak Beatles?
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 Earl of Grievance
Charles Spencer’s new memoir takes aim at King Charles—but it also raises awkward questions about his own relationship with Diana
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 …
The Curious Case of the Missing Basquiat
For 16 years, a $20 million Basquiat was at the center of a bitter legal battle between an Oscar-winning Italian producer and his ex-wife. Then, just as mysteriously as it vanished, it turned up in a Miami warehouse
The Babe Ruth Truthers
With the baseball playoffs upon us, the strangest conspiracy theory is making its way through the nation’s dugouts
Grindr’s Bottom Line
Once “the scariest gay bar on earth,” Grindr is now courting Washington and Wall Street—and selling an ever more expensive route to a familiar destination
The Dos and Don’ts of a Highland Ball
Scotland’s centuries-old ball circuit comes with a strict set of rules: learn the reels, never hire a kilt, and whatever you do, don’t take a picture
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 Earl Making the Royals Squirm
Charles Spencer’s new memoir of his sister, Princess Diana, serves up a royal rogues’ gallery—from King Charles’s alleged elation at her death to tales of a light-fingered Prince Philip
The View from Here
The American voter is a very unhappy customer right now—and management is about to get an earful