Rachel Johnson
Weekend at Leisure
The Herefordshire castle where Succession’s Shiv and Tom were married is now welcoming mere mortals—for a fee
Carry On!
Globe-Trotter loyalists are their own breed. A trip to the factory, in the English countryside, explains why
Corporate Collision
Land Rover, the 75-year-old British car company favored by the Queen—and, further down the food chain, one of AIR MAIL’s co-editors—is getting a rebrand. Now it sounds like a K-pop boy band
All Hail the Queen Mary 2
There’s a lot to love about traveling from New York to London by boat. Just don’t forget the tuxedo …
Master’s of the House
Studying the grandest estates in England used to be an extra-curricular activity. Now, at some universities, it’s the main event
The Rules Still Apply
In the 40 years since The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook encapsulated the British upper class, has anything really changed?
COVID Social Cues
Soirées, Ascot, and gossip about the new U.S. ambassador are back—but with a ping, not a bang
My Favorite Things
“This is my pick of the British pops,” says Rachel Johnson of her selection du jour. Which is fitting for the AIR MAIL columnist, author, and presenter, who hosts a weekly show on the LBC talk-radio station and a podcast, Rachel Johnson’s Difficult Women. Indeed, the former editor of The Lady has long been regarded as a master of quintessential English style. Herewith, Johnson’s shopping list of the moment
Platinum Card
Planners of the Queen’s Jubilee will mix pomp and woke
The View from Here
Now proper spelling is canceled
BetterNot
How we in lockdown view the Fresh Prince of Montecito, and other follies
Pet Peeves
From Shepherd’s Bush to Barking Park, pandemic dogs are clogging the curbs
You’re Busted!
The pandemic lockdown is bringing out the British public’s inner Stasi
Below the Salt
A new book, Scoff, determines people’s social standing by the food they eat and when they eat it
Sussex Fatigue
Meghan and Harry are making the British yearn for the Queen Mum
Tattle Tales
What I know about the Tory wives titillating London with their deliciously disloyal tell-alls
I’m Still Touring
Frank Sinatra was a master of the long goodbye, but Elton John’s farewell is, like Brexit, a process
Nanny State
Norland nannies have looked after royalty, rock stars—and even Boris Johnson. His sister recalls the hand that rocked the cradle
