The View from Here
Infectious, on steroids, and in denial, Trump rages against reality as fate smiles and says, “You’re welcome”
A Whale of a Good-Bye
Scientists have deciphered the songs blue whales sing to each other before they migrate
La Dolce Vita dei Media
Is Gianni Agnelli’s grandson taking a page from Jeff Bezos?
California Girl
Ann Getty was a stunning bi-coastal socialite who rescued Grove Press, the radically chic publisher of D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Samuel Beckett, because she loved to read
Hugging My Pillow
A day in the Notting Hill life of the great British actor
Trouble in Berlin
The ultra-liberal Berlin Film Festival faces criticism as its founder is revealed to have been a member of the Nazi Party
Party Like It’s 1929!
Americans are finagling their way around international-travel bans and decamping to Europe, where the living is (comparatively) easy
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news about these rather curious days
Suits Yourself
A British court keeps rejecting Meghan’s pre-trial arguments in a privacy case that could cost her more than $2.3 million
The View from Here
It’s time for de Blasio to step up—and Bloomberg to pony up—to save New York City. Before it’s too late
Take a Right at the Second Cloud
After 50 years, is one man’s dream of flying cars closer to reality?
“Off with Their Euros!”
Welcome to Royalist theme park Puy du Fou, the least woke place in France
Tempest in a Teacup
The author of a naughty tell-all memoir is driven into hiding while le tout London wonders what on earth Sasha Swire was thinking
Whatever You Say, Sir!
Trust in the media is as low as the president’s approval rating. Here are the Top 10 media remora of the Trump era
Magisterial Meghan
Prince Harry’s wife and master fires the lawyer who successfully defended Johnny Depp and picks his biggest rival to pursue her defamation suit
Sex Education
Two elite British universities—including Prince William’s alma mater—unravel amid horrific accusations of assault on campus
Is Serge Gainsbourg #Annulé?
The French intelligentsia now see him as Harvey Weinstein in dirty denim
The View from Here
Read ’em and weep: all the president’s biographers find different ways to paint the same horrifying portrait
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news about these curious days
Tattle Tales
What I know about the Tory wives titillating London with their deliciously disloyal tell-alls
Toulouse-Lautrec’s Family Is Shortchanged
The artist’s 91-year-old great-grandniece gets grifted out of the château
Vick Hope
The rising star in British radio and television brings a focus on diversity and mental health
Covid in Connecticut
What a difference six months make
Soldier of Misfortune
William Barr helps Michael Flynn leave a mess—and a man—behind
