Crystal Clearing
London private-equity bigwigs are enlisting crystal healers to tell their wives they want a divorce—and paying them hefty sums to do it
Isa Stoppi
She was Italy’s first great model. Richard Avedon called her “the most beautiful woman in the world”
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
Little Feat
In this New York City miniaturist’s workshop, it’s the pictures that got small—the classic-movie props, that is
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?
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
Diana’s Last Days
Divorced from Prince Charles and estranged from the royal family, the Princess of Wales finds romance and an adoring public
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
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
Shot in the Dark
I was a lab rat for the new coronavirus vaccine
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
Joe Biden’s Not-So-Secret Weapon
American-born and raised in France by a stepfather who had survived the Holocaust, Tony Blinken will shape the next president’s global relations
