Break Camp
For decades, DJ Jeff Yahney was the king of sleepaway summer camps. Then cost-cutting Wall Street types realized his venues could be investments
The View from Here
Does R.F.K. Jr.’s campaign represent what America is becoming—a strange new land where conspiracy theories rule the day—or is it simply a reflection of the country it’s always been?
A Village Fête in London
One of the city’s most eccentric traditions sees waiters going head-to-head in a race around Soho
The View from Here
As Israeli protests against Netanyahu’s efforts to tame the courts escalate, military officers talk about a possible pro-democracy coup
The Attention-Whore Index
King Charles getting a pay raise? Elon Musk tearing down Twitter? R.F.K. Jr. playing the Trump card? Who is the neediest of them all? You decide!
Tailor-Made
Edward Sexton, who died this week, gave bespoke suits the right amount of flair—and just might have saved Savile Row
The Eyes of a Killer: Part V
This week, Bryan Kohberger’s defense team announced that they plan to prove their client wasn’t even at the scene of the crime. Could they actually get him off?
Company Town
Inside the Praxis Society, a Silicon Valley–backed start-up attempting to build a city in the Mediterranean
The Je Ne Sais Quoi of Jane Birkin
A lifetime of photographs pays tribute to the French-British actress and singer who inspired the iconic handbag
While Rome Burns
A brutal heat wave is shutting down daily life in Italy—and giving one clever weather forecaster the chance to flex his Dante knowledge
A Pro and a Con
For Shelby Hewitt, a Boston social worker in her 30s, posing as a teenage foster kid was easy. The question is: Why would anyone want to go back to high school?
The Attention-Whore Index
R.F.K. Jr. tries out anti-Semitism for size, and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continue their never-ending, acrimonious divorce. Who’s grabbing your attention this week?
The View from Here
Hollywood isn’t the only strike zone. French journalists are picketing the latest antics of right-wing media mogul Vincent Bolloré
Royal Mayhem
The exiled would-be King of Italy got away with murder, then a German model demanded justice
The Last of the Giants
Before Steve Jobs, Polaroid founder Edwin Land developed revolutionary products at the intersection of art and technology. Thanks to a devoted few, his 225-pound 20x24 camera lives on
The View from Here
A U.S. Air Force whistleblower has made dramatic new claims for the existence of U.F.O.’s. Is it enough to finally make us believe?
Cinema Verité
Like the plot of a French New Wave film, the legendary actor Alain Delon is in a tumultuous battle with his much younger girlfriend
Keeping Up with the Joneses
In the 1990s, Helen Fielding’s hilarious novel Bridget Jones’s Diary became a huge hit. Now revisionists are ruining the fun
Antique Road Show
At Mille Miglia, Italy’s most prestigious auto race, an appreciation for classic cars and all that comes with driving them—danger, beauty, and speed—endures across generations
The Attention-Whore Index
After a brief summer break, the world’s neediest attention-seekers are back and clamoring for your vote. But who really deserves it? You decide!
Wagnerian Army
Why is Prigozhin’s Russian mercenary force named after Hitler’s favorite 19th-century German composer?
Julian Sands
The actor imbued his performances across screen and stage, from James Ivory’s A Room with a View to John Malkovich’s A Celebration of Harold Pinter, with the same zeal he brought to his life
Cat’s Out of the Bag
In the late 90s, Jocelyn Wildenstein became a tabloid sensation after her $2.5 billion divorce and as “the poster child for plastic surgery gone wrong.” Now she’s broke and the subject of a new HBO documentary series
Private-Jet Paradox
Wanna take mine or yours? Will the climate crisis ground the use of private planes or simply make the elite more secretive?
