Last Call for the Essex Girl
Oxford University Press silences a stereotype
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Curious news about these quirky days
Did You Hear About … ?
Curious news about these strange days
Divorce, Oligarch-Style
The ex-wife of an oil-and-gas baron goes to the mattresses to get hold of her $600 million settlement
No Secret Handshake Required
The Freemasons go public (and put a price tag on it)
#NeverLeaving
Trump’s not the first loser to be dragged kicking and screaming from high office. A century ago, it was a New York City Hall janitor who just wouldn’t let go
The View from Here
Since the Cold War, the U.S. has had doomsday plans for saving itself. But Trump proves that the greatest threat comes from within
The Duke of Substance
Prince Harry offers a cure for climate change from his nine-bedroom mansion, in California
Shot in the Dark
Will public shaming deter the 1 percent from cutting the line for the coronavirus vaccine?
The High-Society Inventor
Peter Florjancic’s life may have been his best creation
Battle of the Sexists
Arguments over free speech dominate at Eton and Cambridge
Isa Stoppi
She was Italy’s first great model. Richard Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”
The View from Here
Trump, his enablers, and his Florida bolt-hole all have dark precedents
A Tech Tycoon’s Prison Tweets
Before the anti-virus-software guru John McAfee died in prison in Spain, he was a social media animal
Psst! A Special Roundup of Scandal and Crime
From The Orgasm Cult to Ghislaine Maxwell’s travails, we’ve got it all
Crystal Clearing
London private-equity bigwigs are enlisting crystal healers to tell their wives they want a divorce—and paying them hefty sums to do it
The Politics of Bad Behavior
Melania, Ivanka, and the double standards of the single-minded
Breathing Fire
Millennials are taking the coronavirus particularly badly. Is their discontent rooted in something deeper than not being able to party?
Mayor Mike 2.0?
Is Raymond McGuire—Wall Street player and political novice—the man to replace de Blasio? The big-bucks elite think so
Little Feat
In this New York City miniaturist’s workshop, it’s the pictures that got small—the classic-movie props, that is
The Last Place on Earth You Can Escape the Pandemic
Antarctica is the only virus-free continent. But will that last?
Forget 5G. 6G Will Blow Your Mind
Because the 6 might as well stand for “sixth sense”
Did You Hear About … ?
The new toy for billionaires, and more quirky news for these curious days
The View from Here
The fun of fashion-shaming
