The $41 Million Instagram Scammer
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The View from Here
Wuthering fights! Will this priceless book collection be preserved or broken up at auction?
When Your Mother Is a Conspiracy Theorist
Gen Z–ers struggle with how to save parents radicalized by social-media-fueled lies
Stories We Tell
The most erudite man in Italy, Roberto Calasso lived for literature—and re-invented it
King Leer
Why would disgraced monarch Juan Carlos of Spain spy on his ex-mistress? The drama continues …
COVID Social Cues
Soirées, Ascot, and gossip about the new U.S. ambassador are back—but with a ping, not a bang
Booby Trap
Lulu Lakatos allegedly posed as a gem expert, swapping $5.8 million in diamonds for seven pebbles at a Mayfair jeweler
Prophet of the Golden Bull
How did a Bible-reading, Trump-supporting 65-year-old woman become Wall Street’s hottest stock picker?
The Gray Ladies
Watch out, Gen Z—a new crop of over-40 influencers is out to conquer the industry
A Bug’s Life
In the fight to save the planet, the extraordinary lives of insects are going overlooked
Scarlett Johansson Has Women Seeing Red
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The View from Here
The Taliban can seize power in Afghanistan again, but this time they can’t turn off the lights
Jackie Chan, (Communist) Party Animal
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Out-of-Office Reply
Private jets, free lunches, public pleas … can anything get people back in the office?
The View from Here
Putin’s absolute rule is challenged by a noisy majority of Russian, woke-hating anti-vaxxers
Sympathy for the Girlboss
Once-celebrated female entrepreneurs are being torn down for “failing at feminism.” Is this progress?
Roiling in the Deep
The deep sea has so far managed to evade human intervention. Now mining companies are threatening Earth’s last frontier
The King Lear of Wine
In death, one of Spain’s most famous vintners crushes the hopes of his three daughters
Starry Might
The millennial masses are gaga for Pattern, the uncannily accurate new astrology app
Meghan Markle, Backbencher
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A Summer-Camp Horror Story
Why has a man accused of sexual harassment been rehired at a summer camp for the kids of elite New Yorkers?
The View from Here
When C.R.T. met S&M
Swamp Country
Jason Williams was elected district attorney of New Orleans to reform America’s murder capital. Then came the suspiciously timed audit …
The View from Here
Want to be a writer? Find a (hotel) room of one’s own
