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The Old Bronzes and the Sea

A new investigation suggests the Riace bronzes, long a point of pride for Calabrians, were not found in the land of Ulysses but, rather, smuggled there

The View from Here

The horrific case of the four murdered Idaho students ended last week, not with a bang but with a plea bargain

Moby Dish

Wild orcas have started presenting food to humans. Is this a sign of interspecies rapport or a devious new hunting method?

Employee of the Month: Scott Ruskan

Live Long and Próspera

How a quasi-autonomous island enclave in Honduras became a haven for billionaires who want to live forever

Substack’s Secret Weapon

The former downtown darling giving the San Francisco V.C.-backed company its edge

Was My Friend a Fraud?

Matthew Pietras worked for the Soros family, donated millions to museums, and produced a fistful of Broadway shows. So why did it all feel make-believe?

The Attention-Whore Index

Elon Musk proposes a new party, Donald Trump floats a new fragrance, and Emmanuel Macron struggles to be seen

MrBeast Mode

Jimmy Donaldson turned views into stunts, stunts into cash, and cash into a digital empire. What does his rise say about the culture that created him?

The View from Here

One year ago, Thomas Matthew Crooks shot and almost killed Donald Trump. Why do we know so little about him?

The New Nostalgia

Longing for authenticity, Gen Z is romanticizing a pre-Internet era they never knew

Eulogy for Palmyra

As one of the last photographers to capture the ancient city before its destruction by the Islamic State, 89-year-old Sir Don McCullin returns for what he says is the last time

Great Scot!

Americans, making up a growing share of St. Andrews’s student body, are transforming the quiet university once attended by William and Kate into a beer-pong-playing college campus

The View from Here

As Trump causes havoc in the United States, London has never looked more appealing

A Circus Succession Crisis

When a pencil pusher seized control of England’s most beloved circus, rumors of the wrong kind of funny business arose

The Making of Beyoncé

How the “Crazy in Love” singer, currently traveling the world on her Cowboy Carter tour, became more powerful than the music industry

Bosom Buddies

Michelle Mone, the scandal-plagued lingerie hawker known as “Baroness Bra,” has become a pariah in her native United Kingdom. Now she’s trying to start fresh in—where else?—Florida

“The Prettiest Village in England”

Drones are peering into bathrooms. Tourists are climbing fences. In Castle Combe, the pursuit of a picture-perfect moment knows no bounds

The Attention-Whore Index

David Beckham reaches out, the Sussexes let go, and Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez don’t hold back

Painting the Town Red

A bar crawl of D.C.’s MAGA hot spots—where conversation ranges from deporting Prince Harry to finding a husband—with Steve Bannon’s 24-year-old right-hand woman

The View from Here

A lot has been written about Trump’s second term. Kathy Hochul summed it up with a single barnyard epithet

Jared Does Albania

Why is the president’s son-in-law pursuing a multi-billion-dollar development deal on an uninhabited—and uninhabitable—former Cold War base?

The Attention-Whore Index

Mary Miller gets ready for her close-up, Donald Trump takes aim at protesters, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fires all the vaccine experts

A Grand Old Party

Donald Trump Jr.’s new Georgetown members’ club, Executive Branch, caters to the MAGA elite, with fine wines, R.F.K. Jr.–approved cuisine, and complete privacy from liberals