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When Your Life Is a True-Crime Scandal

Six years after she was freed from an Italian prison and found innocent of a sensational murder, Amanda Knox looks back

Faking It

Notes on TikTok’s misplaced morals and unattainable beauty standards

Dangerous Liaisons

The coronavirus is catching up with its runaways, dealing revenge in the form of arrests, forced quarantines, and decrepit jails

The View from Here

Jump the line? Worth a shot!

Tahira Dhillon

The New Delhi–based 16-year-old who founded a magazine written by teenagers, for teenagers

Angry White Males

Savage infighting goes public at one of London’s most exclusive private clubs

Me-Documentaries are the New Status Symbol

Who wants to read a family history? The rich are hiring directors to tell their stories

John Heilpern

Over a 50-year career, the journalist proved that in criticism there is no skill more powerful than a good sense of humor

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Towering Inferno

666 Fifth Avenue was supposed to put the Kushners on the New York map. It’s been a devil of a headache

Dr. Spock for the Goopsters

Lockdown meltdown has made “Dr. Becky” the child-raising guru for stressed-out millennial parents

The Château That Ate Provence, Part II

In Provence, France’s highest court orders a showman to destroy his opulent $69 million faux Italianate palazzo

Sine QAnon

The Camelot Castle Hotel, in Cornwall, has traded its Arthurian theme for right-wing conspiracy theories and a cult of Trump

A Boy, a Mole, a Fox, and a Horse Walk into Lockdown …

Charlie Mackesy’s charming illustrations bring levity to dark times

The Toks of My Tears

How did posting breakup videos on TikTok become the new trend for Gen Z and millennials?

Sorry, Not Sorry

In Paris, the Café de Flore set has been plagued with sex-crime scandals—but there’s no apology in sight

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Trump’s taping troubles; a dumped fortune; swag-stealing monkeys; and more

Katharine Whitehorn

Witty insights and brisk, clear thinking were hallmarks of a writer who broke down journalistic barriers in the U.K.

Putin on the Ritz!

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny risks prison—or worse—to give a house tour of the Russian president’s secret pleasure palace

The View from Here

Told you so …

Fifty Shades of Desperation

Will there be ravishing, bodice ripping, and throbbing members in Sarah Ferguson’s new romance novel?

Flight of the Bottom-Feeders

After years of running the zoo, Trump aides stampede for the exit

Naughty or Nice?

Fake-heiress grifter Anna Delvey, imprisoned for a $275,000 swindle, is being released early—just in time for her Netflix debut

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