The View from Here
As a writer on the first season of Saturday Night Live, I was hip. This month, I had one replaced
Prince William’s Eyebrow-Raising News Peg
And other strange news about these curious days …
Spring Breakers, Italian–Style
The young European upper class’s version of spring break in Florida? Panarea in August
Who Will Follow BoJo the Clown?
The fight to become the U.K.’s next P.M.—and the Queen’s 15th—is down to two very different candidates
It’s Time to BeReal
Everyone under 22 is on it. Most people over 22 have never heard of it. Is the app billing itself as the “anti-Instagram” really any different from the rest of social media?
Private Quarters
Brant Lake Camp was warned about pedophiles in their midst. Why did the camp not act against them?
A Truly Fresh Hell, Courtesy of Dorothy Parker
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The Great White Toilet
Sewage dumped by American cruise ships is destroying Canada’s pristine waters
The Pink Panthers Strike Again!
Renowned across Europe for their coolness and high-risk robberies, the jewel thieves can’t be stopped
The Other Ivana
Guess whom I befriended in rehab in Malibu?
Jiminy Cricket!
How fake Indian Premier League games played by farm boys and local laborers duped Russian sports gamblers
The View from Here
Trump’s “I believed” defense is indefensible
Under the Influence
Jumi Bello was on track to be a major writer—until her debut novel was dropped amid rumors of plagiarism. What happened is a tale as complex as anything she appropriated
House and Gargoyle
With busts of Greek gods and gold-inlaid light switches, interior design for the modern autocrat is all about excess and intimidation
Michel David-Weill
For 25 years, the French-born investment banker directed Wall Street’s most prestigious firm with the touch of an enlightened monarch
Death on the North Atlantic
Nathan Carman allegedly killed his grandfather for cash. When that ran out, he took his mother out to sea. Only one of them came back
Don’t Sweat It
Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariella Frostrup are among the entrepreneurs who are making menopause look rather … sexy
All the Write Moves
In the 19th century, a man living in present-day Liberia dreamed up the first script for his native language, changing how we think about the written word
Netflix and Bai Lan
In China, Instagram influencers and office over-achievers are out, and slackers are in
The View from Here
Is Trump crazy like a fox—or just plain crazy? The director of the documentary series Unprecedented thinks the latter
Ticktock, the Clock Is Dead
She’s a former Abercrombie & Fitch model with a Ph.D. from Harvard on a mission to stop women from aging
A Roman Bachelor Pad for Bill Gates?
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The Lost City of Z, Discovered at Last
How modern technology uncovered the remains of a vast civilization hidden deep in the Amazon
The View from Here
A crisis of perception has led tourists to avoid Poland. Their loss …
