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Issue No. 271

The View from Here The assassination attempts on Donald Trump show that history is made not just by great men and women but also by insignificant ones

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The Hack and the Wack The revelation of sexts between star reporter Olivia Nuzzi and erstwhile presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has blown minds—and shattered journalistic ethics

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The Man Who Bought the World The Japanese tech visionary Masayoshi Son might have made and lost more money than anyone in history. His former right-hand man recalls how hubris brought him low

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What’s in Trump’s Wallet? If Donald Trump loses the presidential election, his personal finances will be ruined. And it won’t be the first time

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Class War in the Schoolroom The new Labour government is hiking up taxes on Britain’s acclaimed private schools. Is it leveling the playing field or getting revenge on Boris Johnson?

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Nonsense Sells From hot rodent boyfriends to having a strawberry-girl summer, “vibe trends” are multiplying exponentially—and consumers are eating them up

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Sophie Lou Jacobsen’s Favorite Things The glass-and-housewares designer’s new collection with de Gournay is currently on view as part of the London Design Festival. Here, she shares her style dispatch

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Love Among the Ruins: Part One Accompanying my sister, Dorothy Stratten, to the Playboy Mansion at 12 was a shock. But nothing could have prepared me for what followed

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“It’s really a shame—you put in all this work, only to have them chintz out on the marketing.”

The Attention-Whore Index Elon Musk is failing, Donald Trump is flailing, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is whaling

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Prince Harry vs. Donald Trump How similar are the Prince of Wails and the Complainer in Chief? Let us count the ways

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The Nordic Connection How a turf war between rival gangs turned Sweden—yes, Sweden—into the most violent country in Europe

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Sweating the Details with Randy Andy A Very Royal Scandal dramatizes the notorious interview Prince Andrew gave about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. But how much of it is true?

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Lunch with Christian Louboutin On this week’s episode, the shoe designer explains how he went from being a young punk to having his red-bottom stilettos featured on Sex and the City

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Malcolm XYZ Malcolm Gladwell discusses his latest book, Revenge of the Tipping Point, misconceptions about his work, and his penchant for universal laws

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The Garden of Heathens Between the turmoil of the World Wars, a few Europeans settled on a desolate Galápagos island. The experiment quickly descended into chaos

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Books

Intermezzo

by Sally Rooney
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Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar

by Max Hastings
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Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

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Open Book

Jonathan Becker, In Focus From garden strolls with Brassaï to nights out with Andy Warhol, a new book by the American photographer documents intimate moments with the 20th century’s high society

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“I also like to hang a bunch in the shower to create a spa-like atmosphere.”

A New Look at the Life and Death of Dorothy Stratten On this week’s podcast, Louise Stratten reveals why she’s finally speaking out about her sister’s tragic murder, Hollywood, Hefner, and more

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Hide and Seek For centuries, the island of Ponza was a penal colony. Now it’s a favorite vacation spot among Romans

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Dhruv As an undergraduate at Yale, he pivoted from statistics to songwriting. With his debut album, Private Blizzard, the young pop star is testing a more ambitious sound

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Leonardo DiCaprio in Coney Island, by Bruce Weber, 1994.

World Wide Weber

This fall, photographer Bruce Weber’s new show, “My Education,” at the Prague City Gallery, will reveal 300 images taken over five decades.

One image in particular stands out—a portrait of the Spanish film director Pedro Almodóvar staring straight at the camera with an almost cartoonish cat sitting on his great thatch of hair. The broad-faced duo wear similar expressions of round-eyed curiosity. At once intimate and playful, it is vintage Weber. READ ON


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Sophia Loren’s swaying walk—head held high, neck extended—is one of the most hypnotic in cinema. A sex symbol with innate dignity and an instinct for fun, she outgrew her beauty-pageant beginnings to become an Oscar winner and a model of regal stardom. Italy’s “diva popolana” turned 90 on September 20.
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Issue No. 271
September 21, 2024
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Issue No. 271
September 21, 2024

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