We Need to Talk About Jeremy …
He has millions of followers and a soon-to-be released autobiography, but has the world’s most popular perfume influencer lost his mind?
Riding the Royal Coattails
Do you have questions about the coronation? Hugo Vickers has answers
The View from Here
Mugs, trays, tins, tea cozies—it’s a golden moment for collectors of coronation tat. And, yes, you need some
The Attention-Whore Index
Trump, Musk, Carlson—the names trip off the tongue like a list of medical complaints, but which one will get your vote? Plus, all the latest cat-killing and baby-frightening news from around the world
Barry Humphries
John Lahr remembers the vivacious comedian whose profound observations about life both shocked and delighted audiences for almost seven decades
Sloane Alone
Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England
Birth of an Abomination
Although Timothy McVeigh will forever be linked to Oklahoma City, his virulent outlook was forged in the desolate Flint Hills of Kansas
Sexist Pigs Might Fly
For a brief moment in the mid–20th century, men-only flights—with complimentary cocktails and cigars—took to the skies
The Mane Event
Formerly the preserve of debs and toffs, Badminton Horse Trials has gotten a lot more egalitarian—but no less dangerous
Nightmare on Main Street
An exclusive look inside Nantucket’s real-estate crisis reveals the lengths to which private developers have gone to build on the tony island—at the expense of its lower-income residents
My Best Fiend’s Wedding
Wallis Simpson was prepared to do anything to become Queen of England—even if it meant backstabbing her best friend
Touching Detail
One of the world’s greatest photographers is creating exquisite new work that even the blind can see
The View from Here
Truth emerges in the rotting boneyard of the Fox-Dominion libel case. But the Big Lie and the Big Grift continue in Washington and beyond
Masters of Disguise
How one man enlisted Hollywood to help turn W.W. II aircraft manufacturers up and down the West Coast into camouflage suburbs, complete with fake houses, cars—even laundry lines
Aid and Abet
After Charlie Javice sold her financial-planning start-up, Frank, to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million, the wunderkind was poised to be the next big name in fintech. Then came charges of fraud
Truth vs. Lies
Rupert Murdoch and Fox News may have avoided a trial against Dominion Voting Systems, but make no mistake: they lost
The Millennial Marlboro Man
With strict advertising regulations on tobacco, Hestia, the first cigarette brand approved by the F.D.A. in more than a decade, is relying on influencers and hypebeasts to spread the word
The Attention-Whore Index
Emma Watson, Elon Musk, and a flock of Republican reprobates vie for your attention. Who deserves it? Plus: the world’s strangest stories, collected for you!
The Blue-Check Investment
Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay
Male, Pale, and Stale
From the Dalai Lama to President Biden, why are the world’s most powerful leaders incapable of retiring gracefully?
S.O.S.
Bitter, creepy, and controlling, Marcus Silva has launched a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against three women who helped his now ex-wife get an abortion
Muckraking, Italian-Style
How a one-man newspaper in Rome attracted the attention of a U.N. agency—and the country’s Supreme Court
The View from Here
Make Vladimir Putin pay the Chicago way
Presidential Small Print
MAGA’s motto: No dollar left behind