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Throne for a Loss

Why do the royals keep falling for moneyed mountebanks and billionaire bounders?

The Most Important Man on Earth

David Attenborough is beloved in Britain, and, at 93, a global star. Now he’s sounding alarms about the planet. Is he too late?

Speak, Memory. Faster!

Are you smart enough to compete in the European Quizzing Championships?

The View from Here

Marking Their Territory

Thanks to the tech crowd, San Francisco is now home to more dogs than children—and the city is forever changed

Private Jets Feel the Greta Effect

Climate collapse? Who cares! Bill Gates, Oprah, and the rich Chinese fly high. Swedes are getting grounded

Marjorie Blamey

Britain’s most prolific wildflower painter, and a serious world traveler

From Queen Mum to Prince Overshare

The latest royal drama? The tension between those who keep a stiff upper lip (Elizabeth, William, Anne, and Kate) and those who don’t (Harry, Meghan, and Charles)

Joyce Cansfield

Revered Times crossword creator also excelled at Scrabble and Alpine skiing

Exposing Bush’s Lies about C.I.A. Torture

Daniel Jones—played by Adam Driver in The Report—is still haunted by what he learned

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The #MeToo Minefield

In The Problem with Everything, Meghan Daum finds herself caught in the middle of the culture wars

National Capitalism

A picturesque German town with local growth industries: hospitality, concerts, and neo-Nazi tat. It also might be a key to the future of the country

Grifter of the Goop Set

Belle Gibson knew just how to dupe the wellness-worried

French Nails at Dawn!

The WAGatha Christie of the Real Housewives of British football

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The Playing Fields of Money

The Swiss school that charges around $130,000 a year to raise the future global elite

A Daunting Task

James Daunt, the bookstore buccaneer, wants to save Barnes & Noble

Irene Shubik

The television producer who gave us Rumpole of the Bailey and The Jewel in the Crown

Hiding in Plain Sight

A trove of Hitler artifacts in Argentina shows just how many Nazis escaped justice after the war

Me and My Shadow

Lost without the Instagram Following tab

The View from Here

A $450 Million Snub

Boris Johnson’s Ishtar

The British prime minister’s hitherto undiscovered and very un-woke movie treatment