The Property-Whore Index
Billionaires like nothing better than getting into property battles with their equally rich neighbors. This week we chart the worst offenders
Another Prophecy Fulfilled
Published nearly 20 years ago, the visionary writer J. G. Ballard’s final novel foreshadowed the anti-immigrant riots that roiled the U.K. this summer
Mean Green Streets
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Patti Smith have joined forces to save a much-loved garden in downtown New York
The Encryption Kid
Long before his arrest for allegedly enabling cyber-crime, Telegram creator Pavel Durov used his talents to create a Russian Facebook, organize college beauty contests, and help classmates cheat on exams
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out
The New York Yacht Club Goes to War
During World War I, the lavish yachts of New York’s richest families—replete with Tiffany interiors and pipe organs—were commandeered into hunting German submarines
Rebel with a Cause
How Philip Weiss went from being “the Dennis Rodman of journalism” to full-time anti-Zionist agitator
Mike Lynch’s Theory of Probability
The British mogul, who died on a super-yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily this week, may have been a genius, but he relied on gut instincts as much as he did his brain
The Far-Right Hand of the Father
How a group of chocolate-making Spanish nuns, a mixologist, and a former Vatican ambassador with ties to Steve Bannon are trying to MAKE CATHOLICISM GREAT AGAIN
The Cutthroat World of Formula One
As the Italian Grand Prix approaches, Ferrari is desperate to win on its home track—and ruthless in its pursuit of success
The View from Here
Kimberly Guilfoyle’s personal and professional relationships—and their circular connections to Trump—condensed into one sentence
The View from Here
America’s historically Black colleges and universities produced Kamala Harris. They also hired Jewish World War II refugees when the Ivy League wouldn’t
The Attention-Whore Index
Ukraine is invading, Elon Musk is glitching, and Donald Trump is blithering
The Rake Man of Huntting Lane
Who was the aggressive recluse who lived in the dilapidated mansion on one of East Hampton’s most exclusive streets?
The Sussex Meat Grinder
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s chief of staff has bolted after just three months. He’s not alone
The New Look of Mormons
Opting for pomp over piety, wealthy Mormons in Salt Lake City are throwing lavish parties for teenagers to open their mission calls
Hamas in America: The Untold Story
An AIR MAIL investigation reveals the deep roots linking a web of U.S.-based charities and activist groups to the architects of October 7
The View from Here
If J. D. Vance had bothered to check, he would have learned about another aspiring politician who made childlessness a campaign slur
Child’s Pay
Entrepreneurial teenagers are swapping traditional after-school activities for side hustles, from content editing to crypto investing
The Attention-Whore Index
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bears all, Clarence Thomas is allergic to flying coach, and J. D. Vance keeps stepping on rakes
MrBeast Shows His Fangs
Jimmy Donaldson’s outlandishly generous stunts get millions of views—and earn him hundreds of millions of dollars—but is his dark side starting to come out?
An Unfair Crack of the Whip
The world of Olympic equestrianism was rocked by the recent leaked video of one of its brightest stars severely whipping a horse. Can the sport ever recover?
Hillbilly Elegy Revisited
Was J. D. Vance’s best-selling memoir the work of a single author with an unbelievable life story—or did it take a village?
L’Affaire Negresco
In her final years, Hotel Negresco owner Jeanne Augier was surrounded by all sorts of interlopers. What’s to become of her $500 million fortune—and one of the crown jewels of the French Riviera?