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Where Hollywood
Is Hiding Out …

And other curious news about these strange days

The View from Here

Trump’s legacy: invasion of the party snatchers

From 10 to Zero in 60 Seconds

No commemorative libraries. No seven-figure book deals. Why being the ex-leader of the U.K. is hard work with few perks

On Thin Ice

Is an ugly divorce the key to putting Donald Trump in prison?

Old Money vs. Machine

A pair of Transformers figures provokes an epic battle in staid Georgetown

The Princess Trap

A new inquiry reveals how, long before Meghan bared all to Oprah, Diana was lured into her unsettling BBC interview with deception and forgery

Venice Has a Ship Fit

And other curious news about these strange days

The View from Here

Why did a New York Times columnist escape punishment for a reward he failed to disclose?

BetterNot

How we in lockdown view the Fresh Prince of Montecito, and other follies

Oops! He Did It Again

The former British prime minister who triggered Brexit is back for a second act. But no one is clapping

The TikTok Star Who Hates TikTok

Sixteen-year-old Sissy Sheridan has 5.3 million TikTok followers and can’t imagine her life without the app. That doesn’t mean she likes it

Parlez-Vous Parler?

The love story behind the app that threatened the Capitol

Maskless and Topless in Lamu

The coronavirus-free Kenyan island attracting socialites, Marina Abramović, and Dominic West (post–Lily James hoo-ha)

Did You Hear About … ?

Curious news about these strange days

Carrie Takes the Lion’s Share?

Boris Johnson’s fiancée leaves politics to work at a zoo

The View from Here

Like Napoleon’s army, a great city advances on its belly

Neo-Crassical

Dubbed “Putin’s architect,” the Italian designer behind Russia’s billion-dollar, 168-acre palace can’t understand what all the fuss is about

#MeToo Comes for Philip Roth, In Death

Women argue that the acclaimed novelist of sex and depravity deserves a “re-contextualizing”

Living Nightmare

Will British women ever recover from the terrifying demise of Sarah Everard?

Charles Hill

Over 45 years, the art detective helped recover stolen paintings by Titian, Vermeer, and Goya, plus Munch’s The Scream

The View from Here

The Atlanta killings took place 2,000 miles away, but they hit close to home

This Is Bullshot!

Does everyone have the vaccine but me?

Canada Dry

How is Meghan Markle’s old Toronto crowd reacting to that explosive Oprah interview?

Out of the Shadows

The 22-year-old woman who used Instagram to open the U.K.’s eyes to teen-on-teen sexual abuse