The View from Here
When Saudi Arabia bought a storied English soccer team, its fortunes on the pitch were transformed. But at what cost to its soul?
Longships of Luxury
With their mix of sleek Scandinavian design and Nordic ruggedness, J Craft’s Torpedo boats offer elegance, power—and a seal of approval from the King of Sweden
The Attention-Whore Index
Melania Trump breaks her silence, Boris Johnson justifies his past, and Prince Harry disappoints his backers
Goat Carcasses, Realpolitik, and Horse-Milk Ice Cream
In Kazakhstan, the Nomad Games provide sporting cover for political maneuvering
Curse of the Forbes 30 Under 30!
Twentysomethings scrabble and fight to appear on the business magazine’s list of bright young things—but many of them quickly crash and burn
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk spats with a warlord, Donald Trump struggles with a gender, and Mark Robinson swears he’s not what he said he is on a porn site
The View from Here
My weekend in the Laotian Las Vegas, where an opulent casino lies at the heart of a vast human-, drug-, and wildlife-trafficking operation
The Horror at Harrods
Mohamed Al-Fayed has been revealed as a serial rapist who kept his victims quiet through threats and blackmail. His biographer reveals the resentment that fueled the magnate’s crimes
Spy Games
As the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches, Israel’s Mossad is making not-so-secret moves to restore its damaged reputation
Love Among the Ruins: Part Two
Shattered by my sister Dorothy Stratten’s murder, Peter Bogdanovich and I were bonded for life. Not everyone in Hollywood approved
The View from Here
The assassination attempts on Donald Trump show that history is made not just by great men and women but also by insignificant ones
Nonsense Sells
From hot rodent boyfriends to having a strawberry-girl summer, “vibe trends” are multiplying exponentially—and consumers are eating them up
The Man Who Bought the World
The Japanese tech visionary Masayoshi Son might have made and lost more money than anyone in history. His former right-hand man recalls how hubris brought him low
The Attention-Whore Index
Elon Musk is failing, Donald Trump is flailing, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is whaling
Love Among the Ruins: Part One
Accompanying my sister, Dorothy Stratten, to the Playboy Mansion at 12 was a shock. But nothing could have prepared me for what followed
The Nordic Connection
How a turf war between rival gangs turned Sweden—yes, Sweden—into the most violent country in Europe
What’s in Trump’s Wallet?
If Donald Trump loses the presidential election, his personal finances will be ruined. And it won’t be the first time
Class War in the Schoolroom
The new Labour government is hiking up taxes on Britain’s acclaimed private schools. Is it leveling the playing field or getting revenge on Boris Johnson?
The Hack and the Wack
The revelation of sexts between star reporter Olivia Nuzzi and erstwhile presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blown minds—and shattered journalistic ethics
Pino Noir: Part II
Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder
The Attention-Whore Index
Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets
The View from Here
In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine
A Hard Game to Love
Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit
A New York Liberal Turf War
When the Upper West Side’s tony Calhoun School announced that a homeless shelter would take over one of its buildings, the neighborhood’s liberal pieties were put to the test
