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
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”
My Name Is Karen …
… and I do not want to speak to your manager
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
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
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
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
Social (Media) Unrest
For twentysomething protesters, passions run high. Not just in the streets but also on Instagram
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
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
The Robespierre of Lafayette Street
The director who first staged The Normal Heart remembers the many-sided activist-playwright Larry Kramer
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