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Isa Stoppi

She was Italy’s first great model. Richard Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”

The View from Here

Trump, his enablers, and his Florida bolt-hole all have dark precedents

Battle of the Sexists

Arguments over free speech dominate at Eton and Cambridge

The Politics of Bad Behavior

Melania, Ivanka, and the double standards of the single-minded

The View from Here

The fun of fashion-shaming

Forget 5G. 6G Will Blow Your Mind

Because the 6 might as well stand for “sixth sense”

Mayor Mike 2.0?

Is Raymond McGuire—Wall Street player and political novice—the man to replace de Blasio? The big-bucks elite think so

Did You Hear About … ?

The new toy for billionaires, and more quirky news for these curious days

Breathing Fire

Millennials are taking the coronavirus particularly badly. Is their discontent rooted in something deeper than not being able to party?

The Last Place on Earth You Can Escape the Pandemic

Antarctica is the only virus-free continent. But will that last?

Little Feat

In this New York City miniaturist’s workshop, it’s the pictures that got small—the classic-movie props, that is

What Lies Beneath …

A town house collapses in Chelsea as the underground lairs of some of London’s wealthiest residents may be cracking under the pressure

Did You Hear
About … ?

Stanley Kubrick’s unfulfilled dream, and more quirky news for these curious days

The View from Here

The fountain of age

Mademoiselle’s Literary Glam Girl

Edie Locke encouraged Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan while publishing Truman Capote and John Updike

Pedaling Bad Behavior

SoulCycle was always cultish. Now instructors are accused of having sex with clients, racism, and more

Diana’s Last Days

Divorced from Prince Charles and estranged from the royal family, the Princess of Wales finds romance and an adoring public

Three-Ways, U.K.-Style

It’s Netflix/Palace vs. No. 10 for this week’s biggest ratings

A Prince Is Born

While Diana upstaged Charles and gave birth to William, her marriage faltered, and Camilla’s visits to Highgrove, Charles’s family home, became more frequent

Did You Hear About … ?

Quirky news for these rather curious days

The King’s Gambit

Is Spain’s exiled monarch, Juan Carlos, running out of moves?

Was Diana Duped?

Earl Spencer accuses the BBC of swindling his sister out of secrets in her infamous interview

King of Queens

Is newly elected New York State representative Zohran Kwame Mamdani the next A.O.C.?

The View from Here

A concession speech for a presidential loser who won’t admit he’s, well, a loser