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
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
The Princess Diaries
Narcissism, drug abuse, infidelity, and betrayal—Princess Margaret’s longtime lady-in-waiting writes a tell-all
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
Ailsa Maxwell
The economics student turned codebreaker was on duty when Germany’s unconditional surrender came over the wire in May of 1945
Lessons of the Spanish Flu
What can we learn from the 20th century’s deadliest virus outbreak?
Murder in Fairfield County
Dreams to nightmares: Jennifer Farber’s younger days in the city, and her story’s tragic dénouement
Sheikhing with Fear
The billionaire ruler of Dubai consorts with V.I.P.’s but persecutes and imprisons his wives and daughters
Barclay v. Barclay
In which the scions of a secretive British billionaire are accused of conspiring against his identical twin brother
We’re All Germophobes Now
And it’s time to end the handshake madness
Model Land
A theme park for people obsessed with runways, photo shoots, makeovers, and red-carpet rides
Yiddish Envy
Why Catholic Poles are discovering Jewish roots they don’t even have
Disroyal Subjects
Harry and Meghan can’t get their Sussex Royal straight. Other Windsors are following in their missteps
Peregrine Pollen
Brilliant, curious, and gifted, the Oxford-born art-world character ran Sotheby Parke-Bernet
Jeff Bezos Goes Green (Like Money)
Is his $10 billion pledge to combat the climate emergency a good thing—or part of his plan to control the world?
Murder in Fairfield County
The police reconstruct the day of Jennifer Dulos’s disappearance—and deconstruct the suspect’s alibis. About those garbage bags …
Has Anyone Seen Mrs. Harvey Weinstein?
After this week, his future is suitably bleak. But what about his ex-wife Georgina Chapman’s?
