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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

Prince William’s Eyebrow-Raising News Peg

And other strange news about these curious days …

The Other Ivana

Guess whom I befriended in rehab in Malibu?

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

Jiminy Cricket!

How fake Indian Premier League games played by farm boys and local laborers duped Russian sports gamblers

A Truly Fresh Hell, Courtesy of Dorothy Parker

And other strange news about these curious days …

The Pink Panthers Strike Again!

Renowned across Europe for their coolness and high-risk robberies, the jewel thieves can’t be stopped

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

The Great White Toilet

Sewage dumped by American cruise ships is destroying Canada’s pristine waters

The View from Here

Trump’s “I believed” defense is indefensible

The View from Here

Is Trump crazy like a fox—or just plain crazy? The director of the documentary series Unprecedented thinks the latter

A Roman Bachelor Pad for Bill Gates?

And other strange news about these curious days …

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

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

Netflix and Bai Lan

In China, Instagram influencers and office over-achievers are out, and slackers are in

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

Don’t Sweat It

Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariella Frostrup are among the entrepreneurs who are making menopause look rather … sexy

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

The Lost City of Z, Discovered at Last

How modern technology uncovered the remains of a vast civilization hidden deep in the Amazon

Are We There Yet?

After two years of limbo, the gap year is back. One hardened traveler offers up all the overly detailed, tried-and-tested advice your teen should know but will inevitably ignore

The View from Here

A crisis of perception has led tourists to avoid Poland. Their loss …

Gen X-Cash

Who carries actual money these days? Almost nobody young

A Party of One

She’s promoting a new business that sells the introverted lifestyle because, like Greta Garbo, this “lady hermit” just wants to be alone

Tricky Dicks

Influencers on the receiving end of explicit photographs are fighting back