The Art of the Steal
Within the world of art thievery, there are those who do it for the money, those who do it because it’s easy … and those who do it because they love it
Charlie Rose Tries to Bloom
A #MeToo culprit, he’s trying to return to polite society, posting new interviews with Warren Buffett and others, and looking to sell his backlog of shows
Kazakhstan or Bust!
For the Putin set, European holidays are verboten. But work-arounds abound …
Are Artists Brexiting London?
And other strange news about these curious days …
Elon Musk 1.0
Two hundred billion dollars ago, back before Tesla, X Æ A-12, SpaceX, and Twitter, he was the same, but different
The View from Here
Forget working from home. A new movement is spreading from China, of all places, about not working at all. Where do we sign up?
Lady Macboris
Booed by crowds of onlookers at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, is Carrie Johnson the master puppeteer, or just a shallow social climber with expensive taste in wallpaper?
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
A severe case of birth-control fatigue has many young women foregoing traditional methods for alternative, often higher-risk options
The View from Here
Fifty years on, Nick Ut’s Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph, “Napalm Girl,” still has the power to shock. But can a picture change the world?
The American Who Saved Paris
How a former J. C. Penney employee from Minnesota kept Charles de Gaulle from being toppled in a 1961 coup
Spa Humbug!
Aman New York’s buzzy opening has been plagued by delays. And some members who spent $100,000 to join its private club aren’t happy
Camille Vasquez: Legal Executioner
In Johnny Depp’s $50 million libel case against Amber Heard, all eyes are on his stylish, no-nonsense lawyer
Time to Call Pestminster Control …
From watching porn in the backbenches to nipple licking, to date-rape drugs, Britain’s House of Commons is a hotbed of sexual assault
Mad, Bad, and Definitely Dangerous
Like that other dictator in his bunker, Vladimir Putin is isolated and alone, micro-managing a military fiasco of his own making and fuming over his crumbling legacy
Cherchez la Frame
Macron is positioning himself as a man of the people—sexy selfies and portraiture included. French politics will never be the same
The View from Here
A 10th-grader on reading and writing to cope with gun violence
Trump Admits He Is Depressing
And other strange news about these curious days …
Every Aristo-Dog Has Its Day
Posh, eccentric Brits have always loved their dogs, and with the arrival of Goodwoof on the social calendar, they finally have a new dedicated event
The Kratom Kick
It’s an upper. It’s a downer. It’s legal in most of the U.S. And everyone’s taking it
Another Day, Another $700 Million
Betting big on oil futures, a group of twentysomething traders working from home made two-thirds of a billion dollars in a single day. Authorities are asking questions
Handbags at Dawn!
Chipolata-penis shaming, fake tans, and a four-letter word that starts with c! It’s the legal Circus Maximus as two British soccer wives go to High Court
Save the Last Dance for Me
A three-day rave with scores of half-naked Russians in a dusty and deserted corner of Uzbekistan—what’s not to like? Toxic sandstorms, for starters
The View from Here
Back home in Russia, Vladimir Putin is facing the first serious challenge to his leadership, but it’s not coming from the direction you’d expect
Micky Burn
The W.W. II British P.O.W. saved the life of a girl who became one of Hollywood’s greatest leading ladies
