Heavy Assets
“Baroness Bra,” the U.K.’s most controversial member of the House of Lords, is accused of “bullying” ministers into awarding her lucrative coronavirus contracts worth more than $240 million
Trump Gets Even Smaller
We have editorial columns and editorial cartoons. Now we have editorial toy soldiers
The View from Here
In the spirit of the season, a holiday letter from a family that’s putting the “salt” in “salt of the earth”
Who Wants to Be a Thrillionaire?
For the .01 percent, a vacation isn’t truly luxurious unless it involves adventure—and possibly danger
Leading the Way by Standing Still
Fashion has finally caught up with Old Town clothing, a singular apparel company on the Norfolk coast
The Amateur’s Hour
With reporters and regulators in thrall to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, it took a hobbyist newsletter writer to notice the “crypto emperor” had no clothes
Immoral Campus
France’s best-known university, responsible for educating countless world leaders, including Emmanuel Macron, is a hotbed of sexism, misogyny, drink spiking, and all-around scandal
The View from Here
Why a legal fight over Dwyane Wade’s trans daughter could have Roe v. Wade–size repercussions
The Week in Review
Marie Kondo’s a mess, the French have lost their sex drive, and more …
Business Model
How Kate Moss turned the attention from her decades of scandals—and the kids of the friends who shared them—into a successful talent agency
Amateur Hour
An unexpected side effect of house music’s stratospheric rise? Everyone and their mother thinks that they, too, can be a D.J.
When the Lights Go Out All Over Europe
An argument over pasta in Rome speaks of a winter of discontent across the whole of Europe
Bull Terriers on Parade
George Booth’s cartoons didn’t punch up or down but elbowed gently to the side
The View from Here
Russia’s long good-bye
Foul Play
How a group of former basketball players teamed up with a dodgy Beverly Hills dentist to defraud the N.B.A. out of $1 million
The View from Here
Introducing AIR MAIL’s first special issue, devoted entirely to the theme of downtown New York, past and present
The Prince of Wails
Even though Andrew’s legacy has been marred by endless scandals, the coddled prince was shocked to the point of tears when he finally understood his title was gone forever
Lady in Motion
After the unexpected success of Anne Glenconner’s juicy memoir Lady in Waiting, the 90-year-old decided to write a sequel
The View from Here
Just how corrupt is the Qatar World Cup?
New Clues in the Notorious Lord Lucan Murders?
And other strange news about these curious days …
Douglas McGrath
After an early job at S.N.L., the high-spirited playwright and filmmaker went on to write the book for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and co-write the screenplay for Bullets over Broadway
Looter in Chief
How did a nearly 20-year-old, widely acclaimed biography of Catherine the Great and Potemkin become a maniacal road map for President Putin?
The View from Here
A new, unauthorized biography of Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, Liz Truss, reveals a robotic woman who lives on a diet of espressos and mayonnaise-free food, but leaves its readers wanting more
Cracking the Code of Taylor Swift
And other strange news about these curious days …
