“What’s His Story?”
An infectious-disease specialist treats his first coronavirus patient
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
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?
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
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
The Great Plague Diaries
Samuel Pepys’s 1665 account of life in London ravaged by bubonic plague is all too familiar in 2020
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 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
Ailsa Maxwell
The economics student turned codebreaker was on duty when Germany’s unconditional surrender came over the wire in May of 1945
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
Murder in Fairfield County
Dreams to nightmares: Jennifer Farber’s younger days in the city, and her story’s tragic dénouement
The Princess Diaries
Narcissism, drug abuse, infidelity, and betrayal—Princess Margaret’s longtime lady-in-waiting writes a tell-all
Lessons of the Spanish Flu
What can we learn from the 20th century’s deadliest virus outbreak?
We’re All Germophobes Now
And it’s time to end the handshake madness
