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Nell Gifford

Re-inventor of the English circus

Have a Seat!

The naughty French love chair designed for Edward VII to facilitate a threesome

A Journey to the Center of the Earth

The best landscape photographers can cast their lens on what has existed for centuries and convey something totally new. Here, images from around the world highlight the work of the 2019 International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition participants

Escape Artist

Inigo Philbrick is a Ponzi-scheming gallerist who got in over his head. Now he’s gone missing—with a pack of furious collectors on his trail

Rhino-Plasty

Botswana takes a radical step to save its herd from poachers

Battle of the Bulge

The mayoral race in Paris has been scandalized by a barrage of dick pics, Twitter meltdowns, and unhinged lawyers. The Americanization of French politics continues apace …

The View from There

Murder in Fairfield County

Fotis Dulos hoped his divorce from Jennifer could be handled amicably. Instead, it was one of the most litigious in Connecticut’s history

Et Tu, A.C.L.U.?

How America’s staunchest defenders of free speech lost their nerve

Cape of No Hope

Corruption and crime have killed Nelson Mandela’s dream and doomed the country’s future

Your Bamboo Toothbrush, Madame

The Opéra Liège is the first hotel in France to eliminate single-use plastic

Is This the End of the First Amendment?

A startling court ruling makes it easier to jail insider traders—as well as whistleblowers and reporters

Murder in Fairfield County

Trouble at home, trouble at the office. Fotis Dulos begins a serious affair. His wife, Jennifer, fears for her life

The View from Here

Going Cold Turkey

Can a millennial survive a week without a smartphone?

The Girl in the Park

The investigation into a Barnard student’s murder is haunted by the case of the Central Park Five

Murder in Fairfield County

Eight months after Jennifer Farber disappeared, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was charged with her murder. Soon he was dead

Generation in Retrograde

Millennials won’t do anything without consulting their horoscope

Paradise Tossed

Hawaii’s “plastic beach” is a sobering showcase of how we’ve trashed Earth

Living Really Large

Outside Cairo, the biggest man-made structure in the world—an apartment complex for 30,000 residents—is in the works

The View from Here

Painting the Town (Rectory) Red

The rise and fall of Farrow & Ball, paint purveyors to a vanishing upper class

The Makings of a Royal Mess

What made Prince Harry so susceptible to a Hollywood influence?

Guy Arnold

Explorer, prolific travel writer, cat-lover, and host of lavish dinner parties