Daddy Issues
In her new memoir, Emmanuelle Seigner attempts to re-frame her husband, Roman Polanski, as a doting spouse and father. But even the French aren’t buying it
Burgher vs. Burger
Running four profitable McDonald’s franchises in Germany is no fairy tale for Princess von Hessen, who accuses the fast-food chain of bizarre, McMafia-like scare tactics
The Flimflam Man from Rogue Agent Gets Shipped Home
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High-Calorie Hero
Good-bye, intermittent fasting. Manchester City’s star soccer player Erling Haaland fuels himself on a hearty 6,000-calorie-a-day diet of kebabs, pizza, lasagna, and cow intestine
Behind the Palace Curtain
A new season of The Crown, a scathing nonfiction account, the tell-all memoir from Prince Harry himself—there is no shortage of ways to take in the royal family, but none are flattering
Billion-Dollar Babies
When a plush-toy tycoon with a real-estate fetish bumps up against Bill Gates, hospitality goes out the window
The View from Here
Liz Truss’s catastrophic 45 days as British prime minister have set the stage for a Tarantino-like face-off for her replacement. Brexit-stung Europeans look on in bemusement
A Woman for All Seasons
Angela Lansbury was a loyal friend, a generous castmate, and a surprisingly good baker
Who Are You Calling a “Bimbo”?
On the latest episode of Archetypes, Meghan Markle meets serious businesswoman Paris Hilton for a serious conversation about serious issues
Controversy over The Crown (the Show, Not Charles)
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Welcome to Craft-Girl Autumn
Knitting, embroidering, crocheting … this fall, Grandma’s favorite pastimes are a new generation’s go-to
The Apocalypse in Charts
Published 50 years ago, the Club of Rome’s bracing and best-selling environmental report, The Limits to Growth, changed the way we think—if not the way we live
In Bed with the Oligarchs
Why is a British businessman and member of the eminent Bonham-Carter clan in custody and facing extradition to the U.S.?
A Brief History of Yuval Noah Harari
“We should never underestimate human stupidity,” warns the author of Sapiens, the runaway best-seller and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books
Healing on the High Seas
Designed to support the “emotional, physical, and spiritual needs of today’s modern traveller,” Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop cruise cost around $1 billion to build, and it’s ready to set sail
War of the Words
How did an uninhabitable stretch of volcanic rock in the Caribbean become a hotly contested fantasy kingdom for self-proclaimed monarchs and writers such as Dylan Thomas and Ian McEwan?
Symptom Scrolling
On TikTok, videos about Hashimoto’s disease, a thyroid disorder, are racking up hundreds of millions of views—and turning it into a brand
Is Something Amiss at One of Paris’s Great Restaurants?
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Keeping Up with the Sussexes
In the parallel universe of the super-rich, can Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stand their ground?
The View from Here
New memoirs from both sides of the justice system shed light on Trump’s destructiveness—and feature some major about-faces
By Hook or by Crook
A countess who once filmed herself drilling a hole in her head is suing her art adviser over the “unprofessional” sale of a French painting that cost her $9 million
Un-Trussworthy
After a catastrophic first month in office, Britain’s new prime minister sacks her chancellor and scrambles to hold on to her job with a “charm offensive”
Preaching to the Choir
Meghan Markle’s podcast is back, and it’s just as pious and self-aggrandizing as ever
#Trussterf*ck
No shame and no sense—the U.K.’s new prime minister is not off to a good start
