The Age of the D.I.Y. Proposal
Popping the question has officially lost its romance, with brides deciding exactly when, how, and with what ring their grooms will get down on one knee
What Rhymes with Tom Lehrer?
He retired from musical satire more than 50 years ago, but his passion for musical theater was a lifelong affair
The Italian Job
How a Roman forgery network faked “impossible to replicate” artworks by Picasso, Edvard Munch, and Paul Klee using … coffee and tea
Love in the Time of Reality TV
Bachelor in Paradise! Love Island! Love on the Spectrum! Why is everyone so obsessed with dating shows?
How to Steal $40 Million Without Really Trying: Part II
Biscuits, Bollywood, and lots of bullion … Inside the hunt for the Toronto gold robbers
Rage and Ravioli on Lake Garda
Italy’s Rana family, of the global pasta empire, is rumored to be in hot water with locals over renovations to a historic estate on Lake Garda better suited to Las Vegas than to Como’s quainter cousin
The Attention-Whore Index
Jeffrey Epstein haunts, Tulsi Gabbard conceals, and Donald Trump cheats
The Davos Man Who Fell to Earth
What could have prompted the resignation of the alleged funds-misusing, data-rigging, employee-harassing founder of the World Economic Forum?
The View from Here
“Leave no money on the table” is as close to a Trump doctrine as we’re likely to get
Spies Like Us
A growing number of Israelis are spying on behalf of Iran, tempted to betray their country for cash, for love, and sometimes just out of social alienation
Tom Lehrer
A mordant Harvard math whiz who used musical satire to skewer the Establishment and pioneer a new kind of nonconformist comedy
Fancy Feast
Does your cocktail party lack heft and grandeur? Enter the dînatoire, an entertaining trend that’s sweeping New York
The View from Here
The career arcs of Britney Spears, Kanye West, and Donald Trump are proof that celebrities really are just like us—only more so
The Boats That Rocked
In Monaco, 50-knot, all-electric boats owned by Tom Brady, Rafael Nadal, and Will Smith raced against a glimmering backdrop of Birkins and the Mediterranean
The Coldplay Kiss-Cam Faux Pas
How is Andy Byron, the now infamous (and now former) C.E.O. of Astronomer, ever going to rebuild his reputation? Perhaps by using the Bill Clinton playbook
Hell on Wheels
Thousands of confidential files leaked by a Tesla employee reveal noxious working conditions, flawed technology, and a delusional, unstable C.E.O.
The Attention-Whore Index
Hunter Biden vents, Tucker Carlson ferments, and Donald Trump misrepresents
How to Steal $40 Million Without Really Trying
A gang of amateur thieves stole 6,600 gold bars from Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2023. Two years later, the loot is nowhere to be found
Diary of a Foreigner in Rome
The Texas billionaire Tilman Fertitta, Trump’s ambassador to Italy, is making his presence in the capital known, starting with his alleged helicopter commute to work from aboard his 250-foot yacht
Fakes, Nazis, and Fake Nazis
When the art dealer Ezra Chowaiki was offered the deal of a lifetime, he found himself in a confounding world of counterfeits
Where Is Her Body?
When Rich Cohen released his book on the murder of Jennifer Dulos, he was inundated with theories on her last resting place. The craziest theory of all just might be true
The View from Here
It’s easy to despair. But history offers a playbook for dark times
The Road Less Fact-Checked
After triumphing over adversity and disease, Raynor Winn wrote a memoir, The Salt Path, that became a sensation in England. A new report reveals that her story isn’t quite so straightforward
