“Nipper” Read
In the 1960s, he took down the Kray twins, Swinging London’s most ruthless gangsters—and helped solve the Great Train Robbery
Marathoning in Place
Last week, more than 2,000 runners around the world took part in a live-streamed race, despite being in self-isolation. It was Zoom at its most literal—and thrilling
One Hand Washes the Other
To allay your coronavirus-induced angst, put the “social” in social distance
The Ladies’ Man Vanishes
Peter Beard, the world-famous photographer, adventurer, and playboy, goes missing in the Hamptons
Ivory Power
How genetic scientists at Berkeley raced to the labs and created a high-speed test for the coronavirus
Dirty Books for Clean Hands
Sales of “quarantine erotica” are booming, thanks to the coronavirus
Side Effects
Cataloguing some of the less consequential repercussions of the coronavirus
Wait, That Was True?
An American veteran confirms a British W.W. II soldier’s outlandish account of being the first to liberate Paris from the Nazis
Romeo Meets Juliet, with a Happy Ending
In Italy, two lovers start a romance across balconies
Week Two in the I.C.U.
Coronavirus cases are up. Vital supplies remain down
Viral Vigilantes
The latest cause of the Twitter rage mob? Social-media distancing
The Lyin’ King
Trump goes missing in the six weeks the pandemic takes to devastate his country
Old School, New Tricks
Eton opens its doors to the children of N.H.S. workers, finally giving the posh English boarding school a class worth bragging about
The Lonely Traveler
The tragic saga of an almost mythical figure from the Canadian wilderness
Harry Hamilton
The British soldier who claimed he got lost and liberated Paris by accident
Beached Wales
Harry and Meghan, having left Britain with a stopover in Canada, go house hunting in celebrityville, U.S.A.
Celluloid Zeros
Has the coronavirus undermined our obsession with celebrity?
Appearances Are (Still) Everything
In this new work-from-home world, videoconferencing is king and your background contains multitudes
Missing in Action
Nearly four decades after the Falklands War, Richard Farrand is re-united with his service hat
Davos Satyricon
A new investigation reveals that the high-powered World Economic Forum is a sexist toga party in the Swiss Alps
“What’s His Story?”
An infectious-disease specialist treats his first coronavirus patient
Varsity Blues
Inside the annus horribilis of Christ Church—Oxford’s grandest (and most scandalous) college
