The Speed Demons of Medellín
“Gravity biking,” a wild sport in which teenage boys hurtle down steep streets on bicycles at 70 m.p.h., is taking over Colombia
Ars Longa, Bullshit Longer
How we are fooled by pretentious titles on art
The Runaway Groom
Britain’s most-wanted con man bewitched, bamboozled, and embezzled
Who Really Killed Jimmy Hoffa?
(And was the frozen salmon a red herring?)
Shades of Blue
Shots are fired outside an unsavory Tennessee bar, killing the proprietor—an off-duty cop. When the case goes cold, the cop’s grieving family takes matters into their own hands
Birds Are Losing the Climate Fight
Global warming causes some species to become smaller
Saving Whales Is More Important than Planting Trees
Restoring them to their pre-hunting numbers could capture 1.7 billion tons of CO2 annually
Far-Left = Left Out
The collapse of Labour is a stark reminder of what will go wrong when a party (that’s you, Democrats) puts ideological purity above people and pragmatism
“How Do I Sew a Button On?”
For Gen Z: the hottest college trend? “Adulting” classes, where kids learn skills Mommy and Daddy forgot to teach them
Mein Campf!
The scandalous Hitler-diaries fiasco nearly brought down three major news organizations
An Open-and-Shut Case
Grand larceny and the secret of the spying oysters
Lucette Destouches
Céline’s muse tended to the author’s rather complicated legacy during 58 years of widowhood
It’s a Wonderful Strife
Brits are battling over which is better: a department store’s costly Christmas ad or a modest one for a small family-owned shop. Vote here to settle the dispute
Our Own Titanic Moment
To visualize the stakes of the climate emergency, think about the fabled ship: dangerously little time remains to correct course
Instagrinch
All she wants for Christmas is for you to stop sharing. Now
The Man Who Played with Fire
The curious moral trajectory of David Boies
#MeToo-sur-Seine
Filmmaker Luc Besson is facing legal woes from le cinq-à-sept and, worse, le neuf-à-cinq
Randy Andy: Next Chapters
In the aftermath of Air Mail’s explosive story on the Duke of York last week, the author assesses the prince’s delicate situation
Stranger Things Is Happening
In London, obsessive fans of the show can now live in Hawkins, Indiana—and follow in the steps of Mike, Dustin, and the gang
Imperial Japan’s Last Casualty
General Shiba Goro did not fight in World War II, but he chose to die for it
