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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 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

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 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

Riding the Royal Coattails

Do you have questions about the coronation? Hugo Vickers has answers

The Mane Event

Formerly the preserve of debs and toffs, Badminton Horse Trials has gotten a lot more egalitarian—but no less dangerous

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

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

The View from Here

Mugs, trays, tins, tea cozies—it’s a golden moment for collectors of coronation tat. And, yes, you need some

Barry Humphries

John Lahr remembers the vivacious comedian whose profound observations about life both shocked and delighted audiences for almost seven decades

Sloane Alone

Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England

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

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

Muckraking, Italian-Style

How a one-man newspaper in Rome attracted the attention of a U.N. agency—and the country’s Supreme Court

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

Aid and Abet

After Charlie Javice sold her financial-planning start-up, Frank, to JPMorgan Chase for $175 million, the wunderkind was poised to be the next big name in fintech. Then came charges of fraud

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

Touching Detail

One of the world’s greatest photographers is creating exquisite new work that even the blind can see

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!

The Blue-Check Investment

Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay

Male, Pale, and Stale

From the Dalai Lama to President Biden, why are the world’s most powerful leaders incapable of retiring gracefully?

S.O.S.

Bitter, creepy, and controlling, Marcus Silva has launched a multi-million-dollar lawsuit against three women who helped his now ex-wife get an abortion

Truth vs. Lies

Rupert Murdoch and Fox News may have avoided a trial against Dominion Voting Systems, but make no mistake: they lost