Living with Steve Jobs’s Biographer
Walter Isaacson has written about da Vinci and Einstein. His wife writes about his creative process. Salad, anyone?
Big Bucks for Little Zuck
Nick Clegg vowed to reduce wealth inequality. Now Britain’s former deputy prime minister is shilling for Facebook
The View from Here
Putin’s allies weaponize wokeness to cancel the leader of the opposition, Alexei Navalny
Danny Ray
For 46 years, he told ’em all to “get on up!” for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown
Undercover Boss
Who pulls the strings at 10 Downing Street? Hint: it may not be Boris
The Great Outdoors
Turn off your mindfulness apps and enjoy the serenity of the natural world, says Sir David Attenborough
Your Schloss or Mine?
Why is the patriarch of one of Germany’s most revered noble families living in the woods and suing his son?
Treasure Islet
Mysterious thefts on the tiny island of Capraia, where everyone knows everyone, baffle the municipality’s three police officers
Did You Hear
About … ?
Self-love in the time of social distancing, and other news about these strange days
Class War
At Dalton, one of New York’s toniest private schools, a bruising battle rages between the woke and the trads
Snake Eyes
A bumbling billionaire blows a fortune trying to build the Vegas of Down Under
Double Duchess
Could Fergie be the role model Meghan’s been searching for?
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
Howard’s End
Once the master of the castle used in the filming of Bridgerton and Brideshead Revisited, Simon Howard now faces vast troubles, including child-sex-offense charges
Beau Monde
American widower battles French tycoons over possession of the left-leaning French daily that was supposed to be owned by its journalists
The View from Here
The turbulent history of conspiracy groups, spanning anti-Semites of many ilks to the Branch Davidians, implies a grim future for their New Age brother, QAnon
Did You Hear
About … ?
Plans to build a second Venice, and other curious news about these strange days
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?
The “Gomorrah” Effect
Italy’s most respected Mafia-buster has embarked on the trial of the century
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
