Bad Blood and Big Money
A trial in London shows bankers in the worst possible light
Sub Human
A horrific end awaits a promising young journalist when she goes to meet an eccentric inventor in the dark waters off the coast of Copenhagen
Record Scratch
A Hamptons charity event calling itself Safe & Sound was anything but. Working the turntables was Goldman Sachs C.E.O. David “DJ D-Sol” Solomon
This Place Is a Real Dive
Jacques Cousteau’s grandson plans a deep-ocean equivalent of the International Space Station
So, Maybe You Should Toke with the Rabbi?
For weed-loving Jews, edibles are manna. But a kosher option? Not so easy
The View from There
What if Trump had been president during the AIDS crisis?
Flying Start
With help from Rolls-Royce, makers of the Concorde engines, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic is at work on a jet that will cross the Atlantic in under two hours
Putin’s Fox News
How RT America’s blend of entertainment and disinformation is warping our politics
Race to the Bottom
As the heirs of the late Marchioness of Moratalla squabble over her estate, her prize-winning jumpers go hungry
Bee List
The planet’s most vital species has life lessons for these turbulent times
Depp Charge!
In a post-coronavirus world, should there be room for an oafish, drug-raddled booze hound?
Leading Lady
Olivia de Havilland’s soft power on-screen blew away even the likes of Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh
Whine and Cheese
Does Finding Freedom really lay bare all the bitterness and infighting that drove Meghan and Harry to quit the royal family?
Worst. Bond Villain. Ever.
Beleaguered Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg disrupts Hawaii
Meet the World’s Most Photographed Polar Bear
It seems Misha is always available for nature paparazzi
Business and Pleasure
A member of Ghislaine Maxwell’s social circle digs into her traumatic childhood and complicated relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
Gondoliers’ Row
In Venice, a rule favoring the offspring of gondoliers sparked fury. Its defenders point to the importance of passing the tradition from father to son
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
A $60 million wedding, and then a big family dustup
Depposition
This libel trial continues to expose celebrity behavior more depraved than anything the tabloids could invent
An Outsize Burden
America’s Black elite deserve to be reckoned with on their own terms—not those created by the media
Signifying Nothing
The coronavirus is not here to teach humanity a lesson. Beware of its self-proclaimed interpreters
