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Towering Inferno
666 Fifth Avenue was supposed to put the Kushners on the New York map. It’s been a devil of a headache
Dr. Spock for the Goopsters
Lockdown meltdown has made “Dr. Becky” the child-raising guru for stressed-out millennial parents
The Château That Ate Provence, Part II
In Provence, France’s highest court orders a showman to destroy his opulent $69 million faux Italianate palazzo
Sorry, Not Sorry
In Paris, the Café de Flore set has been plagued with sex-crime scandals—but there’s no apology in sight
Sine QAnon
The Camelot Castle Hotel, in Cornwall, has traded its Arthurian theme for right-wing conspiracy theories and a cult of Trump
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Trump’s taping troubles; a dumped fortune; swag-stealing monkeys; and more
A Boy, a Mole, a Fox, and a Horse Walk into Lockdown …
Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrations bring levity to dark times
Putin on the Ritz!
Opposition leader Alexei Navalny risks prison—or worse—to give a house tour of the Russian president’s secret pleasure palace
The Toks of My Tears
How did posting breakup videos on TikTok become the new trend for Gen Z and millennials?
Katharine Whitehorn
Witty insights and brisk, clear thinking were hallmarks of a writer who broke down journalistic barriers in the U.K.
The View from Here
Told you so …
Fifty Shades of Desperation
Will there be ravishing, bodice ripping, and throbbing members in Sarah Ferguson’s new romance novel?
Caveat Emperor
Before Trump’s final days as a delusional tyrant, there was Haile Selassie
Sir Brian and Lady Urquhart
They died a day apart, and embodied the great spirit of the 20th century
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Naughty or Nice?
Fake-heiress grifter Anna Delvey, imprisoned for a $275,000 swindle, is being released early—just in time for her Netflix debut
Boiling Point
Gordon Ramsay’s family meltdown makes Hell’s Kitchen look like paradise
Mosc-rakers
Young Russian investigative journalists dodge Kremlin goons to expose self-dealing at the top of Putin’s kleptocracy
Seeking a New Roy Cohn
With Trump’s last loyal lawyer long gone, his only post-inauguration hope might be his—and Cohn’s—polar opposite: publicity-shy attorney Marc Kasowitz
The View from Here
American presidents are swathed in way too much pomp and ancien régime regality
Flight of the Bottom-Feeders
After years of running the zoo, Trump aides stampede for the exit
Markle v. Markle
Why Prince Harry’s first encounter with his father-in-law might be in Britain’s High Court
The Mind of a Killer
A year after Fotis Dulos took his own life, a writer retraces his steps on the day his wife, Jennifer, vanished
