The View from Here
A fable for our times (with apologies to Shel Silverstein)
Moscow Goes (Digitally) Dark
Russia has suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, and lost much of its influence in the region. This month, the capital went weeks without Internet
The AIR MAIL Diary
Buddhist monks are fighting, hibernating bears are biting, and other strange stories from around the globe …
The View from Here
It’s tempting to think that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was fated to disgrace the royal family. But what if there were a what-if?
Meghan in Oz!
The Duchess of Sussex once wanted to be the Gwyneth Paltrow of jam. Now she’s sixth on the bill at an Australian women’s retreat
“I’m Cancelable. But I’m Not a Cat Killer”
Horses was the hottest restaurant in L.A., until co-owner Liz Johnson accused her husband and partner, Will Aghajanian, of murdering their pets. Three years later, he breaks his silence
The Bonvoy Problem
Points programs are destroying the luxury-hotel experience. Can anything stop the freeloaders?
A Very English Revolutionary
Meet the marginal but persistent anti-royal activist behind the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
A Horseback Battle in Bridgehampton
Well-heeled Hamptonites are bridling at a proposed horse-riding complex—complete with a giant manure pit—amidst their multi-million-dollar estates. Will the neighs have it?
The View from Here
The screenwriter of the Academy Award–winning film Argo, which dramatized the daring exfiltration of six U.S. diplomats from Tehran during the 1979–81 hostage crisis, on what’s at stake in Iran today
The AIR MAIL Diary
The Sistine Chapel is caked in sweat, thousands of Japanese men are clad in loincloths, and other strange stories from around the globe …
The View from Here
In 1982, the first American journalist admitted to Iran after the hostage crisis interviewed a prickly Ali Khamenei—before he became an ayatollah. His death in a U.S.-Israeli airstrike brought the encounter rushing back
The Fall of the House of Barclay
How did the former owners of the Ritz and The Telegraph go from billionaires to bankrupts?
The Princess Diaries
Following their father’s arrest, their mother’s Middle Eastern exile, and their own appearance in the Epstein files, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been banned from Royal Ascot. Prince Harry to the rescue!
Invasion of the Sororities!
The Greek-life craze that has dominated campuses in the South is creeping northward, with the Ivies and small liberal-arts colleges buying in—and specialized “consultants” cashing in
The Polo-Pony Clone Wars
Cloning ponies promised perfection on the polo field. But the business has been beset by economic puzzles, ethical gray areas—and a suicide
Snap, Crackle, and “Bop”
Upper East Side parents are up in arms over their daughters’ obsession with OnlyFans creators
The View from Here
The slippery slope from nuclear warfare to eating kittens
The Duchess of Excess
Once described as “the greatest single threat to the monarchy,” Sarah Ferguson—ex-wife of disgraced royal Andrew—has lived a life defined by scandal, debt, and sexual high jinks
Prisoner Cell Block H.R.H.
The royal formerly known as Prince Andrew was—following his many appearances in the Epstein files—arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy
Could Andrew Bring Down King Charles?
The King always knew his reign would be short—but he could never have imagined that the entire monarchy would be threatened by his own brother
The View from Here
David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest—which turns 30 this month—foresaw a near-future America pleasuring itself to death. We’re living in it
Disclosure Day Is Now!
The drumbeat to release secret files on extraterrestrials is growing deafening. As Obama and Trump both weigh in, is this the year we find out we’re not alone?
Ski Girlies Just Want to Have Fun
Sporting skintight Skims ski suits and camera-ready blowouts, a new kind of snow bunny has arrived on the slopes of Aspen and Courchevel
