“Nipper” Read
In the 1960s, he took down the Kray twins, Swinging London’s most ruthless gangsters—and helped solve the Great Train Robbery
More Side Effects
Self-isolation then and now. A lot has changed since 1978—but some things haven’t
How to Thrash Your Family at Scrabble
Tips and tactics that will make you Master of the Board in these lockdown days
Supreme Indifference
What the Supreme Court’s decision about the Wisconsin primary means for this year’s election
The Highest Office
A former Trump intimate insists that Donald Trump is a known substance abuser. Why is no one listening?
Marathoning in Place
Last week, more than 2,000 runners around the world took part in a live-streamed race, despite being in self-isolation. It was Zoom at its most literal—and thrilling
One Hand Washes the Other
To allay your coronavirus-induced angst, put the “social” in social distance
Dirty Books for Clean Hands
Sales of “quarantine erotica” are booming, thanks to the coronavirus
Ivory Power
How genetic scientists at Berkeley raced to the labs and created a high-speed test for the coronavirus
The Ladies’ Man Vanishes
Peter Beard, the world-famous photographer, adventurer, and playboy, goes missing in the Hamptons
Wait, That Was True?
An American veteran confirms a British W.W. II soldier’s outlandish account of being the first to liberate Paris from the Nazis
Side Effects
Cataloguing some of the less consequential repercussions of the coronavirus
Romeo Meets Juliet, with a Happy Ending
In Italy, two lovers start a romance across balconies
Week Two in the I.C.U.
Coronavirus cases are up. Vital supplies remain down
Viral Vigilantes
The latest cause of the Twitter rage mob? Social-media distancing
Beached Wales
Harry and Meghan, having left Britain with a stopover in Canada, go house hunting in celebrityville, U.S.A.
Harry Hamilton
The British soldier who claimed he got lost and liberated Paris by accident
The Lonely Traveler
The tragic saga of an almost mythical figure from the Canadian wilderness
Old School, New Tricks
Eton opens its doors to the children of N.H.S. workers, finally giving the posh English boarding school a class worth bragging about
The Lyin’ King
Trump goes missing in the six weeks the pandemic takes to devastate his country
Celluloid Zeros
Has the coronavirus undermined our obsession with celebrity?