The Battle of the Plastics
Credit-card companies are battling for affluent young customers with increasingly lavish, one-of-a-kind experiences. How long can it last?
When It Comes to Book Parties, More Is, Apparently, More
If Mark Ronson, Keith McNally, a Real Housewife, and an artist’s wife are anything to go by, it’s not enough to have just one book party anymore
200 Years of Solitude
Giovanni Strazza’s The Veiled Virgin is considered among the world’s great sculptures. So why has it been sequestered inside a Newfoundland convent?
Freeze Yo Self
A new wave of tech companies wants to stop aging before it starts
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: I.V.F. and Planned Parenthood feel the heat, and R.F.K. Jr. wants to bring steak and butter back like it’s the 1950s
Annabel Goldsmith
The British socialite, writer, political activist, and namesake of the exclusive London club, remembered by her longtime friend
The Attention-Whore Index
George Santos returns, Kristi Noem splurges, and Donald Trump destroys
The DoorDash Delivery Scandal That Rocked the Internet
TikTok, Reddit, and X are abuzz over the alleged sexual assault of a female delivery driver
The View from Here
During the Cold War, America was a haven for Russian dissidents. Now we’re delivering them to the Kremlin
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump damns himself, Prince Andrew dooms himself, and Kristi Noem deludes herself
The Shop That Put the Swing in Swinging London
At Granny Takes a Trip, the Chelsea clothing store whose customers included John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and Lou Reed, it was difficult to tell who was a pop star and who wasn’t
Is Sam Altman a Psycho C.E.O.?
Without guilt or guardrails, the co-founder of OpenAI has created a trillion-dollar empire built on appropriation, bootlicking, and slop
Religious Nuts
From salted peanuts to caffeinated wine to CBD-infused tea, churches, monasteries, and convents create some of the world’s finest gourmet victuals
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: Democratic governors unite against an increasingly insane R.F.K. Jr.; Cheryl Hines and Olivia Nuzzi speak their truth; and more
The View from Here
The Trump administration has waged war on higher education. Why aren’t more university presidents speaking up?
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Un-Maintenance
Steve McQueen’s granddaughter is suing for ownership of a $68 million Jackson Pollock painting, which the actor allegedly swapped for a motorcycle that never appeared
What Happened to the Godfather of Pop Art?
How the contents of Larry Rivers’s estate and foundation ended up in a second-tier gallery near New Hope, Pennsylvania
To Catch a Catfish
A former police officer turned private investigator is hunting down romance scammers preying on wealthy, lonely seniors in Australia
The Girlbosses Next Door
Whitney Wolfe Herd, of Bumble; Leandra Medine Cohen, of Man Repeller; Audrey Gelman, of the Wing … The female founders are back, baby. Is anyone surprised?
The Attention-Whore Index
Pete Hegseth pushes up, Kash Patel punches down, and Donald Trump sends the National Guard all around
Beware Calabrians Speaking Greek
Nestled among the mountains at the tip of Italy’s boot is a constellation of villages that still speak a Greek dialect dating back more than 3,000 years
The Last Enlightenment Man
Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker is battling the woke left and the woo-woo right
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: former U.S. surgeon generals sound the alarm, while R.F.K. Jr. sets his sights on … circumcision and sugar beets
The View from Here
How I learned to stop worrying and love Robert S. McNamara (if not the Vietnam War)
