A Case of the Venetian Jitters
The spooky story of Ca’ Dario, the city’s cursed—and much whispered about—palazzo
The Man in the Lineup: Part IV
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in jail for a rape he didn’t commit. Nearly 40 years later comes a precisely calculated payback
Kamikaze in Cashmere
She won the case. The mystery is why Gwyneth Paltrow went to court over $300,000. That’s less than the cost of 500 Goop vaginal jade eggs
Boujis 2.0
After closing, in 2016, the London nightclub dubbed “Studio 54 for aristocrats and It girls” is back
City of Sheds
How more than 300 miles of scaffolding ate New York City
The Attention-Whore Index
You can’t keep a good blowhard down. Some old familiars are back competing for your attention, but which one is worthy of your vote? You decide!
London’s Top Dog
The goldendoodle moment has passed. Now it’s all about the chocolate dapple dachshund
The Beef That Broke the Internet
How the flames of a tiny feud between Justin Bieber’s ex, Selena Gomez, and his wife, Hailey Bieber, were fanned to absurd proportions
The View from Paris
There is a reason why Emmanuel Macron is so intent on raising France’s retirement age, and it’s not only about budget deficits
Animal Magic
How a baby African elephant, orphaned at just three days old, found refuge in the companionship of older elephants with similar backgrounds
The Many Suits of Pervez Musharraf
As Pakistan teeters on the brink of a coup, many look back fondly to the rule of the country’s late dictator.
Boris on Trial
The former British prime minister is desperately trying to convince his fellow M.P.’s he didn’t lie to them. How will the master of mendacity wriggle out of this one?
With All Due Respect …
Unfortunately, yes, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have forgotten their manners
The Little Paper That Knew
A tiny local newspaper on Long Island’s North Shore was the first to warn us about George Santos. He still can’t forgive them for it
The View from Here
Putin’s work-around for sanctions
It’s RH’s World
Restoration Hardware, the high-end housewares company that recently rebranded as RH, is on a mission to colonize luxury cities. In Aspen, residents are drawing the line
Law and Disorder
As the International Criminal Court charges Vladimir Putin for war crimes, will justice finally be served?
The Attention-Whore Index
A bankrupt Swiss bank? A perp-walking ex-president? Sometimes the world seems topsy-turvy, but, thankfully, the royals are bickering as usual. Vote now on this week’s biggest attention suck! Plus: global news you might have missed
The View from Here
Social-justice activists say impact—not intent—is all that matters. They’re wrong
Treasured Island
Long overlooked for its flashier neighbors, the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos are having a real-estate renaissance
Splitting Hairs
Inside the messy legal battle that’s temporarily shuttered Paul Molé, the Upper East Side barbershop where everyone from Henry Fonda to John F. Kennedy Jr. went for haircuts
Art-World Confidential
He was one of New York’s most active art dealers—until he got busted for wire fraud. Now Ezra Chowaiki reveals the underhanded tricks of the trade, and how to survive in a prison filled with V.I.P.’s
Skeletons in the Closet
The exposure of neo-Nazi elements in German law enforcement is a shock—but not a surprise, to those who have been paying attention
Politics by Other Means
Is David Sirota—whose two-year-old news site, the Lever, has been ahead of the media pack on several recent stories—a journalist or an activist? The answer is yes
