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Starry Might

The millennial masses are gaga for Pattern, the uncannily accurate new astrology app

Meghan Markle, Backbencher

And other curious news about these strange days …

The View from Here

Want to be a writer? Find a (hotel) room of one’s own

Swamp Country

Jason Williams was elected district attorney of New Orleans to reform America’s murder capital. Then came the suspiciously timed audit …

Match Made in Hell, Part I

At first, the lying, ghosting, and money-borrowing could be overlooked in the name of true love …

The View from Here

At America’s Bicentennial, in 1976, the fireworks included an unlikely romance between Liz Taylor and a future senator

TikTok for the Non–Gen Z Set

If you’re over the age of 23, don’t despair: there’s a place for you on TikTok. Meet the “cleanfluencers” …

Speak, Memory

The Manhattan district attorney has indicted Trump’s ever loyal C.F.O., Allen Weisselberg, in the hope that he will turn on the boss to save his own skin

The Adulterer in the Room

In 2001, Eric Schmidt was brought to Google to be “the adult in the room.” He became a billionaire—but raised eyebrows with his very open marriage

The View from Here

A frontline doctor looks back on a plague year, and a film that recorded the horror of it all

The OMGs of GB News

Start-up hiccups plague a new U.K. news start-up, causing no end of watchable mishaps

Origin Story

How a self-published investigation into the possibility of a “lab leak” upended groupthink about the coronavirus

Emily Segal

The 32-year-old trend forecaster who made history selling the first novel-as-NFT discusses memes, tech, and what the future has in store

Heaven on Earth

Before Ann Russell Miller entered the convent, she was a swinging socialite in San Francisco

The View from Here

Republicans are subverting democracy with legal not-niceties

Who Is the Wokest of Them All?

The Queen gets canceled as Oxford University erupts in a tempest of culture wars

Hasselhoff über Alles!

Can the Baywatch star save Germany? And more curious news about these strange days …

The Bling-less Ring

With wedding season in full swing, lab-grown diamonds are hotter than ever. What’s behind the hype?

Ashes to Optics

The ghoulish politics of exhumation

Welcome to Our 100th Issue

And we wouldn’t be here without these stars, the greatest of the next generation

The Sun Sets on Bain de Soleil

From Monaco to Montauk, the jet set is in a panic—the fabled sunscreen is nowhere to be found

The Bench Strikes a Bum Note

Meghan Markle’s new book lacks a good story and basic rhythm. But, hey, it’s still a best-seller!

Can a Juggler Beat the Mafia?

And other curious news about these strange days …

Fifty Shades of Washington

Inside the underground kink scene dominating the U.S. capital, where politicians tie up locals in the name of B.D.S.M.