Vanishing Ink
“Made-to-fade tattoo” parlors offer a chance to get inked without the risk of turning into a Pete Davidson doppelgänger
Barbara Stone
The modeling agent made stars of Cybill Shepherd, Cheryl Tiegs, and a young Martha Stewart
The Wizard of Woke
Why is Pollyanna, the anti-racism organization advising New York’s toniest private schools, so controversial?
No Butts on Topless Beaches?
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The Fight for Tulsa’s Soul
A Jewish billionaire, a Southern preacher, and the side of Tulsa no one is talking about
Rehoboth What?
Democratic aides accustomed to Hawaii and Martha’s Vineyard are in for a surprise when they decamp to Biden’s summer home in Delaware
Norse Myth
The new film Oslo neglects an essential detail about the diplomat it glorifies: his connection to Jeffrey Epstein
He Lit Up Limelight and Beat the Blacklist
Hitchcock gave him his first role. He upstaged Orson Welles. Norman Lloyd’s 106-year-long life was filled with drama
The Mile Cry Club
East Hampton is up in arms over the future of its airport, which services New York’s noisy 1 percent. Will the helipads be replaced with a solar farm?
International Men of Mundanity
No hobbies. No quirks. Turns out the super-rich are also super-boring
Martin Scorsese Goes Gen Z
“You TikTok-ing to Me?”
From Russia Without Love
Stolen passports, armor-plated cars, and a possible $8 billion payout. Haven’t these oligarchs ever heard of a pre-nup?
The View from Here
In the Trump era, it never takes Republicans long to come to their lack of senses
Tunnel Vision
Why one Candy brother is selling his $241 million London apartment and the other has built a subterranean storehouse for his 57 supercars
In France, a Woman Strikes Back
Molested when she was 12, Valérie Bacot, decades later, killed her abuser—her husband. Many want to see her set free
Jeff Bezos’s $500 Million Boat
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Are You Cheugy or Non-Cheugy?
What started with mocking millennials’ skinny jeans and side parts now has a name
The View from Here
The Trump White House was a black hole for much of culture, but the music is finally back
Sour Grapes over George Clooney
His bid to own a vineyard in Provence is headed to court
Keith McNally Goes off the Menu
Why are his eyebrow-raising posts shaking up Instagram?
The Brit Who Unfriended Trump
How did David Cameron’s former deputy prime minister become Facebook’s authority on muting @realDonaldTrump?
Generation Burnout
One 24-year-old success story has a warning for her fellow over-achievers
Sean Driscoll
The impresario behind Glorious Food who fed (and dished with) New York’s finest
Sexcapades in Parliament? Prince Andrew’s New Venture?
Curious news about these strange days
