A Boy, a Mole, a Fox, and a Horse Walk into Lockdown …
Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrations bring levity to dark times
Katharine Whitehorn
Witty insights and brisk, clear thinking were hallmarks of a writer who broke down journalistic barriers in the U.K.
The Toks of My Tears
How did posting breakup videos on TikTok become the new trend for Gen Z and millennials?
Sorry, Not Sorry
In Paris, the Café de Flore set has been plagued with sex-crime scandals—but there’s no apology in sight
Did You Hear
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Trump’s taping troubles; a dumped fortune; swag-stealing monkeys; and more
Caveat Emperor
Before Trump’s final days as a delusional tyrant, there was Haile Selassie
Sir Brian and Lady Urquhart
They died a day apart, and embodied the great spirit of the 20th century
Flight of the Bottom-Feeders
After years of running the zoo, Trump aides stampede for the exit
Did You Hear
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Curious news about these strange days
Naughty or Nice?
Fake-heiress grifter Anna Delvey, imprisoned for a $275,000 swindle, is being released early—just in time for her Netflix debut
Boiling Point
Gordon Ramsay’s family meltdown makes Hell’s Kitchen look like paradise
Mosc-rakers
Young Russian investigative journalists dodge Kremlin goons to expose self-dealing at the top of Putin’s kleptocracy
Seeking a New Roy Cohn
With Trump’s last loyal lawyer long gone, his only post-inauguration hope might be his—and Cohn’s—polar opposite: publicity-shy attorney Marc Kasowitz
The View from Here
American presidents are swathed in way too much pomp and ancien régime regality
You’re Busted!
The pandemic lockdown is bringing out the British public’s inner Stasi
Daddy Dearest?
Accusations of a third love child threaten to unravel the fragile peace between Prince Albert of Monaco and his wife, Charlene
The Mind of a Killer
A year after Fotis Dulos took his own life, a writer retraces his steps on the day his wife, Jennifer, vanished
Did You Hear
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Terry Gilliam tilting at windmills; penis problems in Denmark; and more curious news about these strange days
Snap Out of It
The coronavirus is up, but Ebola is gone. And there are other silver linings to savor
To Infinity … and Beyond!
A mystery man recently buzzed LAX with his jet pack. But for the rest of us, the future of post-pandemic flight is still on hold
The View from Here
Here’s a better way to make him go
Das Capitol
Trump’s lumpen insurrectionists tried to end democracy as I knew it
Markle v. Markle
Why Prince Harry’s first encounter with his father-in-law might be in Britain’s High Court
Sputnik Nyet
Russians have all the coronavirus vaccine they need, but nobody wants to take it