Business or Pleasure?
After a four-year renovation rumored to have cost millions, the Sagaponack General Store has finally reopened. Meet its new proprietor, a local billionaire named Mindy Gray
An Auctioneer Prepares: Sotheby’s
Oliver Barker’s theatrics have attracted a cult following of “Barkerheads”
An Auctioneer Prepares: Christie’s
With art sales increasingly moving outside the salesroom, the Adrien Meyer schmooze-fest never stops
The View from Here
A man who solves economic crises as opposed to creating them, Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, is the perfect foil for Donald Trump
All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
Trump’s garish redecoration of the White House rivals the interior-design tastes of Saddam Hussein and King Midas
“I Don’t Want to End Up in a Honduran Jail”
Some travelers are canceling trips in response to Trump’s actions. Others are taking extreme precautions
Naked and Underpaid
From Michelangelo to Picasso, nude models have long been undercompensated muses to the greats. Now, in Florence, they’re threatening to strike
Working from Yacht
Forget W.F.H.—with the help of Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite-Internet service, the rich are taking remote work to new depths
Who’s Afraid of #SkinnyTok?
Ready or not, thin is back in—and people have no qualms talking about it
A Love Letter to Jean Marsh
The Emmy–winning British actress who co-created and starred in the hit TV series Upstairs, Downstairs was brave, deeply empathetic, and funny to the end
Big Oil v. the Rockefellers
ExxonMobil stands accused of spying on its environmentalist critics, a group that includes the heirs of its founder. It wouldn’t be the first time
The Trump Brain Drain
As the White House continues to pull federal funding from U.S. universities, international institutions are courting America’s best minds like never before
Conclave Confidential
Why are we still captivated by the death of a Pope and the election of a new one? Robert Harris, whose thriller Conclave was adapted into an Oscar-winning film, explains
The View from Here
If a two-year-old U.S. citizen can be deported, then none of us is safe. Not even Lorne Michaels
California Leavin’
As out-of-state shooting locations increasingly lure filmmakers, Hollywood risks becoming to movies what Detroit has become to car manufacturing: an industry hub turned ghost town
Fyre Sale!
Billy McFarland’s cursed music festival is now available to the highest bidder. But who on earth is buying it?
The Attention-Whore Index
Pete Hegseth looks for leaks, George Santos begs for a pardon, and Jack Schlossberg won’t go to any party he wasn’t invited to
The Upside-Down World of Pam Bondi
From re-arming Mel Gibson to arresting judges who cross her, Trump’s attorney general is doing the opposite of serving justice
The Real School of Rock
Richard Linklater’s classic 2003 movie starred Jack Black as a dorky but harmless music teacher. The real-life School of Rock founder’s former students tell a more sinister story
Red, White, and Blues
America was once a fun, free, brave, and happy melting pot, but, as one Canadian argues, those days are seemingly over—at least for now
Good-bye, Mr. Xi
When rich Chinese families send their children to English boarding schools, they pay for guardians to take care of their offsprings’ logistical—and emotional—needs
The Attention-Whore Index
Kristi Noem gets robbed, J. D. Vance kills the Pope (possibly), and Pete Hegseth stumblebums around the Pentagon
The Potemkin Kingdom
Gateway KSA offers students from the world’s top universities all-expenses-paid luxury trips to Saudi Arabia. What’s the catch?
