The View from Here
When the mayor of a small beach town in Spain mounted a defense of the bikini in 1953, he had no idea it would trigger the fall of Franco’s Fascist regime
Bow Out Like Beckham
In an endless feud with his parents, Posh and Becks, Brooklyn Beckham delivers his latest snub—as a no-show at his father’s knighthood bash
Calabria’s Mafia Buster
Today, the ’Ndrangheta brings in six times as much money as Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel does. One Italian public prosecutor has made it his life’s mission to take them down
Who Was This Week’s Biggest Attention Whore?
In the running: J. D. Vance, for trying to Catholicize his Hindu-raised wife; Kim Kardashian, for starring in what could be the worst TV show of all time; and more
The View from Here
Let me tell you about a technology that’s censor-proof, beyond the reach of A.I., and optimized for “deeper reading.” It’s called ink on paper
The View from Here
Has it been six years already?
The Bush Is Back, Baby!
But there’s a catch. Welcome to the wild world of “merkins”
The Attention-Whore Index
Steve Bannon plots, Donald Trump brags, and Prince Andrew is cast out
A Royal Eviction
In an endless post-Epstein-gate spiral, the disgraced Andrew has lost his title—no more “prince”—and now his lease, trading Royal Lodge for a cottage on his brother’s estate
Melania Meets Her Match
From “MAGA myrmidons” to “North Korean style confessions,” inside the lawsuit pitting the First Lady against Trump’s No. 1 gadfly, Michael Wolff
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: R.F.K. Jr. reverses course on Tylenol and sets his sights on wind turbines; Cheryl Hines can’t stop, won’t stop; and more
That’s So Sarko!
The grandest fails—and greatest hits!—of France’s first incarcerated former president, who moved into La Santé Prison just last week
Annabel Goldsmith
The British socialite, writer, political activist, and namesake of the exclusive London club, remembered by her longtime friend
The DoorDash Delivery Scandal That Rocked the Internet
TikTok, Reddit, and X are abuzz over the alleged sexual assault of a female delivery driver
When It Comes to Book Parties, More Is, Apparently, More
If Mark Ronson, Keith McNally, a Real Housewife, and an artist’s wife are anything to go by, it’s not enough to have just one book party anymore
200 Years of Solitude
Giovanni Strazza’s The Veiled Virgin is considered among the world’s great sculptures. So why has it been sequestered inside a Newfoundland convent?
The Battle of the Plastics
Credit-card companies are battling for affluent young customers with increasingly lavish, one-of-a-kind experiences. How long can it last?
The View from Here
During the Cold War, America was a haven for Russian dissidents. Now we’re delivering them to the Kremlin
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
This week in American health: I.V.F. and Planned Parenthood feel the heat, and R.F.K. Jr. wants to bring steak and butter back like it’s the 1950s
Freeze Yo Self
A new wave of tech companies wants to stop aging before it starts
The Attention-Whore Index
George Santos returns, Kristi Noem splurges, and Donald Trump destroys
The Shop That Put the Swing in Swinging London
At Granny Takes a Trip, the Chelsea clothing store whose customers included John Lennon, Mick Jagger, and Lou Reed, it was difficult to tell who was a pop star and who wasn’t
Is Sam Altman a Psycho C.E.O.?
Without guilt or guardrails, the co-founder of OpenAI has created a trillion-dollar empire built on appropriation, bootlicking, and slop
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Un-Maintenance
Steve McQueen’s granddaughter is suing for ownership of a $68 million Jackson Pollock painting, which the actor allegedly swapped for a motorcycle that never appeared
