The Attention-Whore Index
In a battle for the ages, Meghan Markle, George Santos, and Choupette go head-to-head for your attention. Plus: strange news from around the world
Stealth Wealth
“Understated luxury” is more than a fashion trend. After a string of violent robberies, the 1-percenters are leaving their status symbols at home
Catch a Falling Star
Marlène Schiappa was a powerhouse in the Macron establishment. But that was before she posed for Playboy and played fast and loose with government funds
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?
The Last Time England Crowned a King
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s London-street photographs capture the spirit of another royal coronation—of George VI, in 1937
The Eyes of a Killer: Part IV
The case against Bryan Kohberger depended on a series of improbable breakthroughs—and an unlikely cast of characters
In Bad Faith
For two decades, Walter Homolka was Germany’s most prominent and powerful rabbi. Then a sexting scandal opened questions about his profitable network of institutions, and his curious conversion to Judaism
The View from Here
With Turkey heading to elections and President Erdoğan projected to lose, is this the end of the turmoil, or the start of more chaos?
Riding the Royal Coattails
Do you have questions about the coronation? Hugo Vickers has answers
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 View from Here
Mugs, trays, tins, tea cozies—it’s a golden moment for collectors of coronation tat. And, yes, you need some
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
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
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
Sloane Alone
Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England
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
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!
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
Touching Detail
One of the world’s greatest photographers is creating exquisite new work that even the blind can see
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 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
Truth vs. Lies
Rupert Murdoch and Fox News may have avoided a trial against Dominion Voting Systems, but make no mistake: they lost
