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The View from Here

The era of big government is back, and that’s a good thing

Sylvia Horowitz

From Brooklyn to jobs in fashion, to becoming a valued member of the United Nations family

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The Great Outdoors

Turn off your mindfulness apps and enjoy the serenity of the natural world, says Sir David Attenborough

Your Schloss or Mine?

Why is the patriarch of one of Germany’s most revered noble families living in the woods and suing his son?

Treasure Islet

Mysterious thefts on the tiny island of Capraia, where everyone knows everyone, baffle the municipality’s three police officers

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Self-love in the time of social distancing, and other news about these strange days

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Putin’s allies weaponize wokeness to cancel the leader of the opposition, Alexei Navalny

Class War

At Dalton, one of New York’s toniest private schools, a bruising battle rages between the woke and the trads

Undercover Boss

Who pulls the strings at 10 Downing Street? Hint: it may not be Boris

Danny Ray

For 46 years, he told ’em all to “get on up!” for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown

Beau Monde

American widower battles French tycoons over possession of the left-leaning French daily that was supposed to be owned by its journalists

Howard’s End

Once the master of the castle used in the filming of Bridgerton and Brideshead Revisited, Simon Howard now faces vast troubles, including child-sex-offense charges

Snake Eyes

A bumbling billionaire blows a fortune trying to build the Vegas of Down Under

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The turbulent history of conspiracy groups, spanning anti-Semites of many ilks to the Branch Davidians, implies a grim future for their New Age brother, QAnon

Double Duchess

Could Fergie be the role model Meghan’s been searching for?

Sweet Oblivion

The hottest social network in Silicon Valley is anti-viral by design

Pet Peeves

From Shepherd’s Bush to Barking Park, pandemic dogs are clogging the curbs

Euston, We Have a Problem

Who said saving the world had to be drab? A new generation of posh protesters are fighting an overpriced train service between mouthfuls of artisanal cheese

Great Sakharov’s Ghost

By seeking to destroy Alexei Navalny, Putin is repeating the mistakes his K.G.B. predecessors made with the dissident nuclear scientist

Playing Dirty

What led actress Felicity Huffman to risk everything—including the sentence she recently finished serving—to try to cheat her daughter’s way into college?

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Plans to build a second Venice, and other curious news about these strange days

Go West, Young Homme

For generations, western Long Island has been home to servicers of the more easterly Hamptons elite. Will an influx of rich Europeans change that?

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