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Sweet Oblivion

The hottest social network in Silicon Valley is anti-viral by design

Pet Peeves

From Shepherd’s Bush to Barking Park, pandemic dogs are clogging the curbs

Euston, We Have a Problem

Who said saving the world had to be drab? A new generation of posh protesters are fighting an overpriced train service between mouthfuls of artisanal cheese

Great Sakharov’s Ghost

By seeking to destroy Alexei Navalny, Putin is repeating the mistakes his K.G.B. predecessors made with the dissident nuclear scientist

Playing Dirty

What led actress Felicity Huffman to risk everything—including the sentence she recently finished serving—to try to cheat her daughter’s way into college?

Did You Hear
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Plans to build a second Venice, and other curious news about these strange days

Days of Whine and Rosés

Harry and Meghan have landed the American Dream. But they just can’t stop complaining about it

The Cool Cat and the Prime Minister

For a decade, the “Chief Mouser” has made 10 Downing Street his domain

The Emperor’s New Paintings

A would-be Robinhood for art investment is flogging shares in masterpieces by Warhol and Kusama for as little as $20. One catch? Investors will never see the art

The “Gomorrah” Effect

Italy’s most respected Mafia-buster has embarked on the trial of the century

Go West, Young Homme

For generations, western Long Island has been home to servicers of the more easterly Hamptons elite. Will an influx of rich Europeans change that?

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Curious news about these strange days

The View from Here

In Washington, the sins of the son are the sins of the father

Sister Act

The next gen of Spencer girls never really knew their aunt Diana—but that won’t stop their ascent

First Lady in Red

Now that Alexei Navalny is headed for prison, his wife, Yulia, is the new face of the anti-Putin opposition

Faking It

Notes on TikTok’s misplaced morals and unattainable beauty standards

The View from Here

Did the Reagan revolution create TrumpAnon?

François Catroux

Married to Saint Laurent’s muse, in the 1970s he made any room he touched in Paris sizzle

When Your Life Is a True-Crime Scandal

Six years after she was freed from an Italian prison and found innocent of a sensational murder, Amanda Knox looks back

Did You Hear
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The Birkin-bag-theft ring, and other curious news about these strange days

Dangerous Liaisons

The coronavirus is catching up with its runaways, dealing revenge in the form of arrests, forced quarantines, and decrepit jails

The View from Here

Jump the line? Worth a shot!

Tahira Dhillon

The New Delhi–based 16-year-old who founded a magazine written by teenagers, for teenagers

Angry White Males

Savage infighting goes public at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs