Diary Dearest
Savage memoir by the wife of a well-connected, upper-class British M.P. puts Conservatives’ knickers in a twist
Rolls-Royce Pulls a Dylan
With a modified Phantom V, the storied automobile goes electric
It’s Just Not Cricket
The world’s snootiest sporting club is being rocked by revolt from within
The View from Here
Ralph Fiennes and David Hare put the coronavirus on trial
The Way We Live Now
How Sir Terence Conran Turned Bauhaus into Your House
Booty Call
Paris robbers who stole $10.6 million worth of Kim Kardashian’s jewelry used her social media to map their heist
“If You Are in Denial About Climate Change, Come to California”
—Governor Gavin Newsom
Number of acres burned in all of 2019: 259,000
Number of acres burned to date in 2020: 3,400,000
(an amount greater than all of Connecticut; equal to 4,000 Central Parks)
Instascam
Kuwaiti prosecutors charge social-media influencers with money-laundering and boost their online popularity
Oedipus Vex
For father-and-son French philosophers, dishing is a revenge best served cold
Did You Hear About … ?
Quirky news about these curious days
She Changed the Rhythm of American Life
Part of an all-female, mixed-race swing band in 1940s America, Helen Jones Woods dodged the Klan to make a joyful—and powerful—noise
Call Girl
Talking dirty on an actual phone is the new sexting
Planes Have Changed While You Were Away
In the Flying-V, passengers will sit in the wings. It’s also better for the environment
When Harry Met Netflix
On the heels of Harry and Meghan’s multi-million-dollar Hollywood deal, we imagine what’s behind the grasping. And what’s to come
Mob Rule
During the plague years, Milan’s criminal gangs controlled the streets. When cholera hit, they disposed of corpses. Now, Roberto Saviano says the mafia is behind a major coronavirus response
The Morning After …
Just what might happen in America if there is no indisputable victor on Election Night?
The Da Vinci Coda
Best-selling author Dan Brown’s marriage unravels amid accusations of affairs and financial shenanigans worthy of, well, a very bad novel
A Vine Way to Improve Your Home
It’s the right kind of greenhouse effect
The Official Wheels of Squaresville?
The new Citroën Ami looks like a Playmobil, but it could be the future of driving
The Bird (and Wine) Men of Gorgona
On a remote island, inmates at Italy’s last penal colony produce one of the region’s most expensive wines and learn to care for animals
The World’s Most Amusing Naughty Person
As Sotheby’s prepares to auction the treasures of John Richardson, his friend remembers the art historian’s intense, inspiring, high-low life
Fearless Leader
After fighting to hold her employer accountable for a Kenyan town’s lead poisoning, Phyllis Omido is being called East Africa’s Erin Brockovich
