Mission Control
Elon Musk is plotting to launch 42,000 satellites. Why?
Reform School
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin has been sprung from prison—and can’t stop talking
Richard David Story
A magazine editor who savored life and all its adventures, he was part of the AIR MAIL family
The View from Here
Sussexes in Megxile: the spillover from Harry and Meghan’s spill to Oprah
Princess Academy
How a Welsh school dubbed “Hippie Hogwarts” became the popular choice for European royalty and Russian oligarchs
Oui, Madame!
At Valérie Hervo’s swingers’ club, the beau monde finds unadulterated pleasure. Masks, yes (at some point), but no clothes!
Zoom-Smart
Online students have become masters of trickery, cheating, and fun at their teachers’ expense—all while adhering to the unspoken rules of high school
Did You Hear
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Strange news about these curious days
The Spice Girls of Niger
Meet the woman-led band rocking West Africa and beyond
Meet the Markles
Among other things, Oprah’s interview with Harry and Meghan reveals just how bad the Palace is at handling P.R.
Is Meghan More Bully than Bullied?
A “very concerned” Palace and “humiliated” staff surely aren’t the pre-Oprah headlines Mr. and Mrs. Markle expected
The Lying Game
The former French ambassador to the U.K. calls Boris Johnson a reckless leader with no concern for the truth. Sound familiar?
Big Bucks for Little Zuck
Nick Clegg vowed to reduce wealth inequality. Now Britain’s former deputy prime minister is shilling for Facebook
Living with Steve Jobs’s Biographer
Walter Isaacson has written about da Vinci and Einstein. His wife writes about his creative process. Salad, anyone?
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Curious news about these strange days
Sylvia Horowitz
From Brooklyn to jobs in fashion, to becoming a valued member of the United Nations family
The View from Here
The era of big government is back, and that’s a good thing
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
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Self-love in the time of social distancing, and other news about these strange days
The View from Here
Putin’s allies weaponize wokeness to cancel the leader of the opposition, Alexei Navalny
Undercover Boss
Who pulls the strings at 10 Downing Street? Hint: it may not be Boris
Danny Ray
For 46 years, he told ’em all to “get on up!” for the Godfather of Soul, James Brown
