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The View from Here

A comedian’s modest proposals for the Democratic Socialists of America

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 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

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Have we reached Peak Beatles?

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

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

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 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 Babe Ruth Truthers

With the baseball playoffs upon us, the strangest conspiracy theory is making its way through the nation’s dugouts

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 …

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

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 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

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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?

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 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

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

The View from Here

A forgotten 1970s film predicted an A.I. dictatorship. Why is Elon Musk such a fan?

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