The Attention-Whore Index
Hunter Biden vents, Tucker Carlson ferments, and Donald Trump misrepresents
Diary of a Foreigner in Rome
The Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, Trump’s ambassador to Italy, is making his presence in the capital known, starting with his alleged helicopter commute to work from aboard his 250-foot yacht
Fancy Feast
Does your cocktail party lack heft and grandeur? Enter the dînatoire, an entertaining trend that’s sweeping New York
Nobody Expects the Spanish Acquisition
Madrid is seeing a surge of wealthy Latin American newcomers, which is driving up rent prices across the city
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump covers up, Kristi Noem backtracks, and the Windsors talk peace
Jho’s Low Blow
How a Malaysian businessman laundered billions, financed The Wolf of Wall Street, looted his country’s state fund, and walked away unscathed—unlike his partners in crime
The View from Here
It’s easy to despair. But history offers a playbook for dark times
The Road Less Fact-Checked
After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England. A new report reveals that her story isn’t quite so straightforward
Live Long and Próspera
How a quasi-autonomous island enclave in Honduras became a haven for billionaires who want to live forever
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 Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk proposes a new party, Donald Trump floats a new fragrance, and Emmanuel Macron struggles to be seen
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
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?
Moby Dish
Wild orcas have started presenting food to humans. Is this a sign of interspecies rapport or a devious new hunting method?
Substack’s Secret Weapon
The former downtown darling giving the San Francisco V.C.-backed company its edge
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
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
As Trump causes havoc in the United States, London has never looked more appealing
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
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
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