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Fawlt Lines

The newest wave of political correctness infects the BBC—and takes away from the Black Lives Matter movement’s urgent cause

A Clean (and Green) Slate

How the travel industry is using the lockdown to build sustainable, eco-friendly businesses

The View from Here

Harry and Meghan Have Security Issues

They’ll be spending millions to stay safe. If they think they’re getting Kevin Costner from The Bodyguard, they’re in for a ride

1963 All Over Again

Courtney and Corrie Cockrell, grandnieces of the assassinated civil-rights hero Medgar Evers, consider his legacy through the lens of George Floyd

Not Their First Rodeo

Houston’s black cowboys and cowgirls ride for Black Lives Matter, and champion their unheralded legacy

My Name Is Karen …

… and I do not want to speak to your manager

My Crazy
Ex-Oligarch

Threats, lies, and armed guards: it’s all too real for the woman once married to a Russian dubbed “Putin’s banker”

Multi-Player Movement

How the bobbleheaded critters of Nintendo’s Animal Crossing became enemies of the Chinese state

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

The Making of a Predator, Part I

What hidden demons drove Harvey Weinstein’s rise and fall?

FOSO: Fear of Standing Out

Online, the only thing worse than not showing solidarity with an important cause is showing it in the wrong way

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”

Red Summer

A century ago, another U.S. president and his top cop turned a blind eye to violence against black Americans

Diamonds Are a Thief’s Best Friend

A daring and, some would say, inspired $4.5 million jewel heist in the middle of Mayfair

James Sherwood

In 1982, he boldly resurrected the fabled Orient Express. It became the cornerstone of Belmond, the billion-dollar hotel group

The View from Here

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

Social (Media) Unrest

For twentysomething protesters, passions run high. Not just in the streets but also on Instagram

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

The View from There