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The King and They
Blinged-out Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand is losing his God-like status as protesters march in the streets
I, Coronavirus
Trump’s real running mate takes a stand
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The Biden Touch
He wears his heart where every Scranton native does: on his sleeve. Thank God
The View from Here
Be my guest: it’s really quite simple …
The Secret Histories
Collectors and voyeurs vie for other people’s diaries
Cruel Brittania
Why on earth does Boris Johnson want to tune out the BBC?
Off the Rails
The famed Ian Allan Book & Model Shop in London, a favorite of railway enthusiasts, is the U.K.’s latest coronavirus casualty
Melania by Night
As Rome burns and Trump tweets, his wife stays up late reading gossip about Vogue’s Anna Wintour
Benched
A former Trump-appointed judge (of the Miss USA pageant) has some advice for Amy Coney Barrett
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The View from Here
Would you hire Donald Trump to work at your company?
Vice Gets Squeezed
Shane Smith convinced Rupert Murdoch and Disney that his company was, as the kids say, the sh!t. Until it wasn’t. How did Vice blow it—and trash billions in valuation?
Sussex Fatigue
Meghan and Harry are making the British yearn for the Queen Mum
The Southern Heroine
Charismatic, witty, and determined, Marguerite Littman was a moving force in the early fight against AIDS and counted David Hockney, Bianca Jagger, and Princess Diana among her closest friends
Scandale à Paris
The millennial French influencer Léna Mahfouf, whose new book is outselling classics, earns the ire of the Parisian intelligentsia
New York’s Hottest “It Girl”? Hunter Biden
Nothing gets the Cool Kids’ respect like some topless, cracked-out photos
The Art of the Deal in the U.K.
In London, Trump angles for a 999-year lease
Holy Terror
The cardinal in charge of vetting saints is fired over charges that he embezzled Vatican funds meant for the poor
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Did a Russian Oligarch Get Snookered by a Rothschild Banker?
Sergey Bogdanchikov ran one of the world’s biggest oil companies. Then he fell under the spell of the Rothschild name
The View from Here
At The New York Times, are privileged white males playing the race card?
Kind Hearts and a Baronet?
What happens when an eccentric 74-year-old British aristocrat looks for someone to pay him $23,000 to live with him?
