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”
James Sherwood
In 1982, he boldly resurrected the fabled Orient Express. It became the cornerstone of Belmond, the billion-dollar hotel group
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
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
Social (Media) Unrest
For twentysomething protesters, passions run high. Not just in the streets but also on Instagram
A Debtor’s Prison
Are Prince Andrew’s fragile finances to blame for his entanglement in the Jeffrey Epstein debacle?
Death Becomes Him
Stéphane Bourgoin enjoyed a dazzling career as France’s top expert on serial killers. There was only one little problem …
Putin on the Fritz?
Russia’s strongman fights the coronavirus invasion with faked data and in retreat
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
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
The Robespierre of Lafayette Street
The director who first staged The Normal Heart remembers the many-sided activist-playwright Larry Kramer
Bees Do It. Very, Very Well
New research reveals they know a little trick to make a garden buzz with delight
Up in Smoke
The secret ingredient to some of the world’s record-breaking climbs? A pack of cigarettes
School’s Out For … Ever?
With distance learning as the new status quo, the most privileged New York parents are seeking alternative arrangements
“Light My Fire, Why Don’t You?”
A trip to Beijing early in Nancy Pelosi’s career illustrates the spirit that has become her trademark
From FOMO to FOGO
What happens when social distancing gives way to the return of social commitments?
Lights Out, Part III
One Brant Lake counselor, an alleged child molester, faces trial—and another, who had worked at the camp decades earlier, is accused
2016 and All That
A very English take on Donald Trump
