The New King of All Media
Scott Galloway, one half of the must-listen podcast Pivot, is everywhere these days, railing against big tech and spreading big ideas
A Clean (and Green) Slate
How the travel industry is using the lockdown to build sustainable, eco-friendly businesses
The Making of a Predator, Part I
What hidden demons drove Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall?
Burn After Reading
In a baffling twist of fate, a new study reveals that smokers are less likely to get the coronavirus than those who abstain
Nazi Lockdown
The German occupation crushed ordinary life in Paris as its citizens hid from the “brown plague”
Bleach Party
For enterprising hoteliers, paranoia is the new sustainability
Sex and the System
In New York and in red-light districts around the world, intimacy just got even more complicated
James Sherwood
In 1982, he boldly resurrected the fabled Orient Express. It became the cornerstone of Belmond, the billion-dollar hotel group
Social (Media) Unrest
For twentysomething protesters, passions run high. Not just in the streets but also on Instagram
Diamonds Are a Thief’s Best Friend
A daring and, some would say, inspired $4.5 million jewel heist in the middle of Mayfair
Red Summer
A century ago, another U.S. president and his top cop turned a blind eye to violence against black Americans
Putin on the Fritz?
Russia’s strongman fights the coronavirus invasion with faked data and in retreat
Death Becomes Him
Stéphane Bourgoin enjoyed a dazzling career as France’s top expert on serial killers. There was only one little problem …
The Robespierre of Lafayette Street
The director who first staged The Normal Heart remembers the many-sided activist-playwright Larry Kramer
Cummings and Goings
Boris Johnson’s top Brexit attack dog, Dominic Cummings, tries to explain why he broke lockdown—while infected—to frolic in the country
Don’t Call It a Comeback
Where are they now? Wishing you a happy birthday (or anniversary, etc.) for a fee on Cameo
Living Your Best Lockdown
If practical advice from even Gwyneth Paltrow herself (!) can’t improve your situation … well, you’re on your own
Bees Do It. Very, Very Well
New research reveals they know a little trick to make a garden buzz with delight
A Debtor’s Prison
Are Prince Andrew’s fragile finances to blame for his entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein debacle?
Up in Smoke
The secret ingredient to some of the world’s record-breaking climbs? A pack of cigarettes
Office Affairs
“Work from home” puts an end to Christmas-party high jinks and watercooler romances
