Appearances Are (Still) Everything
In this new work-from-home world, videoconferencing is king and your background contains multitudes
Missing in Action
Nearly four decades after the Falklands War, Richard Farrand is re-united with his service hat
Varsity Blues
Inside the annus horribilis of Christ Church—Oxford’s grandest (and most scandalous) college
Sex and the Single Meme
How did getting rejected become the key to social acceptance?
Infantilized
Why are women paying $20,000 for what’s in the back seat? (Hint: it’s not the bag)
Albert Uderzo
Illustrator and co-creator of the walrus-moustached Asterix the Gaul, who represented “the revenge of the little guy”
Father Nature
Sir David Attenborough’s new film shows humanity’s impact on Earth—and what we must do to save it
“What’s His Story?”
An infectious-disease specialist treats his first coronavirus patient
Davos Satyricon
A new investigation reveals that the high-powered World Economic Forum is a sexist toga party in the Swiss Alps
Off the Bottle
Among all the issues that the coronavirus raises, bottle blondes have another to add to the list: their highlights are quickly fading
Top Dog
In only his second attempt, Thomas Waerner trekked across nearly 1,000 miles of Alaskan wilderness to clinch dogsledding’s greatest prize
Doctor’s Orders
“Don’t think it is happening here and it can’t happen everywhere else”: Italy urges the world to learn from its own war with the coronavirus
Ménage à Trop
We broke up in June, but our house still hasn’t sold. Now we can’t even go outside …
Fiddling While Britain Burns
Boris Johnson’s laissez-faire view of the pandemic defies the world—and science
The Great Plague Diaries
Samuel Pepys’s 1665 account of life in London ravaged by bubonic plague is all too familiar in 2020
The Sussex Manifesto
An update on Harry and Meghan’s dynamic new roles as they transition to international philanthropreneurs and role models for change
Snack Attack!
The founders of a podcast for investment-savvy millennials talk as quickly as the markets move
“Sweetheart, Can I Reach Out to You?”
When office-speak creeps into the boudoir
A Pen for All Seasons
A collection of letters belonging to the late Philip Poole, owner of a storied London pen-nib store, is an ode to the art of craftsmanship
Animal Instinct
Elephants travel to “wakes” to mourn their dead even if they lacked a close bond, a study has found
Before #MeToo, There Was Natalie Wood
Pimped by her mother to Frank Sinatra at 15, raped at 16: harrowing new insights into the star’s life and death
Barclay v. Barclay
In which the scions of a secretive British billionaire are accused of conspiring against his identical twin brother