No Secret Handshake Required
The Freemasons go public (and put a price tag on it)
The Duke of Substance
Prince Harry offers a cure for climate change from his nine-bedroom mansion, in California
The View from Here
Since the Cold War, the U.S. has had doomsday plans for saving itself. But Trump proves that the greatest threat comes from within
The High-Society Inventor
Peter Florjancic’s life may have been his best creation
#NeverLeaving
Trump’s not the first loser to be dragged kicking and screaming from high office. A century ago, it was a New York City Hall janitor who just wouldn’t let go
Battle of the Sexists
Arguments over free speech dominate at Eton and Cambridge
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
Psst! A Special Roundup of Scandal and Crime
From The Orgasm Cult to Ghislaine Maxwell’s travails, we’ve got it all
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
The Politics of Bad Behavior
Melania, Ivanka, and the double standards of the single-minded
A Tech Tycoon’s Prison Tweets
Before the anti-virus-software guru John McAfee died in prison in Spain, he was a social media animal
Forget 5G. 6G Will Blow Your Mind
Because the 6 might as well stand for “sixth sense”
The Last Place on Earth You Can Escape the Pandemic
Antarctica is the only virus-free continent. But will that last?
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?
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
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
Three-Ways, U.K.-Style
It’s Netflix/Palace vs. No. 10 for this week’s biggest ratings
Pedaling Bad Behavior
SoulCycle was always cultish. Now instructors are accused of having sex with clients, racism, and more
Mademoiselle’s Literary Glam Girl
Edie Locke encouraged Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan while publishing Truman Capote and John Updike
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
