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
From Russia with Likes
As Cold War–style propaganda becomes less effective, the Kremlin is getting its message out the 21st-century way: via online influencers
The View from Here
The American voter is a very unhappy customer right now—and management is about to get an earful
A California Brouhaha in Scotland
The Outer Hebrides have weathered Vikings and Atlantic storms—but nothing could have prepared them for a litigious Hollywood scion and her dog, Lady Tarkina Snow Fire
Harry and Meghan in the Court of the Cotswolds
In England’s toniest rural enclave, a royal title only gets you so far. Can the Sussexes charm the people who rule it?
The View from Here
A forgotten 1970s film predicted an A.I. dictatorship. Why is Elon Musk such a fan?
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
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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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?
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 AIR MAIL Diary
Macron’s muscles shock, Mountbatten-Windsor’s burial plans appall, and other strange stories from around the globe …
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