Lord of the Lies
Inspired by his love for Charles Dickens and Robert Louis Stevenson, a São Paulo judge posed as a member of the British aristocracy for decades
Beck and Call
Has American heiress Nicola Peltz stolen Brooklyn Beckham away from his illustrious family?
The View from Here
Why is Les Misérables, whose protagonist would’ve been shipped to El Salvador today, headlining Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover?
The Attention-Whore Index
Kim Jong Un sinks his battleship, Sydney Sweeney sells her bathwater, and Emmanuel Macron savors a slap
The Nannies Aren’t Alright
Spying, snitching, AirTagging toddlers … A Nanny Diaries–style Facebook group is a breeding ground for paranoid Upper East Side moms
The Attention-Whore Index
Lauren Sánchez is inescapable, Kristi Noem is inexcusable, and Melania Trump is invisible
Bullets over East Hampton
A shooting range “for the common man” has been accused of peppering the houses of wealthy residents with stray bullets. Who’ll wave the white flag first?
The Liberation of Paris, Lauren Sánchez–Style
If there were awards for bachelorette parties, Jeff Bezos’s fiancée would have won big for her storming of the Seine
The New Pay to Play
Private golf clubs have always been symbols of wealth and exclusivity, but today there are more new ones than ever before, and they’re only getting more difficult to join
The View from Here
Is Silicon Valley a bastion of rationalism? Or the cradle of a strange new faith?
The View from Here
Disenchanted with the finance and consulting tracks that once defined success, some elite college grads are trading desk jobs for grueling blue-collar work
One Night in the Tropics
Under cover of darkness, armed men stormed a former British consul’s Ecuador ranch, kidnapping him and his girlfriend. Now he recounts their harrowing escape
Scandal in Venice
Behind a glamorous façade of art galas and gallery openings, the handsome scion of the historic Bauer Hotel family was allegedly running a sham gynecologic practice, filming women for porn
A League of Their Own
The American infiltration of European soccer clubs goes far beyond Ted Lasso. Welcome to Copenhagen’s A.B. team
Beware Qataris Bearing Gifts
Trump’s latest foray into bribery comes in the form of a $400 million aerial sleazemobile, courtesy of a petro-state autocrat
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump covets a plane, Sean Combs craves baby oil, and Joe Biden regrets rien
Female Trouble
What happens when a prodigal son falls under the influence of his older, American wife? The Beckhams are experiencing their own version of Megxit
The Connecticut Way of Death
How my investigation into the disappearance of mother of five Jennifer Dulos went from In Cold Blood to Madame Bovary
Snatch and Grab
Moments before Kim Kardashian testified against her burglars in a Parisian court, another kidnapping attempt was unfolding a few miles away—this time, targeting crypto world
The View from Here
A man who solves economic crises as opposed to creating them, Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, is the perfect foil for Donald Trump
All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
Trump’s garish redecoration of the White House rivals the interior-design tastes of Saddam Hussein and King Midas
Naked and Underpaid
From Michelangelo to Picasso, nude models have long been undercompensated muses to the greats. Now, in Florence, they’re threatening to strike
Pickleball Be Damned!
In Los Angeles, padel—a cross between squash, tennis, and racquetball—is becoming the sport of choice for the 0.1 percent
Business or Pleasure?
After a four-year renovation rumored to have cost millions, the Sagaponack General Store has finally reopened. Meet its new proprietor, a local billionaire named Mindy Gray