Booby Trap
Lulu Lakatos allegedly posed as a gem expert, swapping $5.8 million in diamonds for seven pebbles at a Mayfair jeweler
Prophet of the Golden Bull
How did a Bible-reading, Trump-supporting 65-year-old woman become Wall Street’s hottest stock picker?
King Leer
Why would disgraced monarch Juan Carlos of Spain spy on his ex-mistress? The drama continues …
The View from Here
The Taliban can seize power in Afghanistan again, but this time they can’t turn off the lights
The Gray Ladies
Watch out, Gen Z—a new crop of over-40 influencers is out to conquer the industry
A Bug’s Life
In the fight to save the planet, the extraordinary lives of insects are going overlooked
Scarlett Johansson Has Women Seeing Red
And other curious news about these strange days …
Jackie Chan, (Communist) Party Animal
And more curious news about these strange days …
Out-of-Office Reply
Private jets, free lunches, public pleas … can anything get people back in the office?
The View from Here
Putin’s absolute rule is challenged by a noisy majority of Russian, woke-hating anti-vaxxers
Sympathy for the Girlboss
Once-celebrated female entrepreneurs are being torn down for “failing at feminism.” Is this progress?
Roiling in the Deep
The deep sea has so far managed to evade human intervention. Now mining companies are threatening Earth’s last frontier
The King Lear of Wine
In death, one of Spain’s most famous vintners crushes the hopes of his three daughters
Starry Might
The millennial masses are gaga for Pattern, the uncannily accurate new astrology app
Meghan Markle, Backbencher
And other curious news about these strange days …
A Summer-Camp Horror Story
Why has a man accused of sexual harassment been rehired at a summer camp for the kids of elite New Yorkers?
The View from Here
When C.R.T. met S&M
The View from Here
Want to be a writer? Find a (hotel) room of one’s own
Swamp Country
Jason Williams was elected district attorney of New Orleans to reform America’s murder capital. Then came the suspiciously timed audit …
TikTok for the Non–Gen Z Set
If you’re over the age of 23, don’t despair: there’s a place for you on TikTok. Meet the “cleanfluencers” …
Match Made in Hell, Part I
At first, the lying, ghosting, and money-borrowing could be overlooked in the name of true love …
The View from Here
At America’s Bicentennial, in 1976, the fireworks included an unlikely romance between Liz Taylor and a future senator
Speak, Memory
The Manhattan district attorney has indicted Trump’s ever loyal C.F.O., Allen Weisselberg, in the hope that he will turn on the boss to save his own skin
Origin Story
How a self-published investigation into the possibility of a “lab leak” upended groupthink about the coronavirus
