Stuart Heritage
The Best of the Rest
Its core titles are rarely out of the U.K. Top 5, and its chattiest, The Rest Is Football, debuted at No. 1. How did Britain’s foremost soccer star, Gary Lineker, quietly build a podcast empire?
Barbie Ruins the World
After watching Barbie make its billions, all the toy brands—from Hot Wheels to Play-Doh—want a piece of the action
Trumpie Dearest
Despite containing more than 150 letters, including his correspondence with Kim Jong Un, Oprah Winfrey, and Jair Bolsonaro, Letters to Trump barely qualifies as a book
Liar Liar
Generation plagiarism isn’t just for college students. World-renowned nonfiction writers, including New York Times best-selling author Dr. David B. Agus, are having their books recalled
With All Due Respect …
Unfortunately, yes, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have forgotten their manners
Outmatched
The national broadcaster reinstates its star sports commentator Gary Lineker, after a Twitter showdown and a management meltdown
Nepo-Baby Nuptials
Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz may just be the ultimate bridezillas
Making a Perjurer
An all-star cast has been assembled for a new Netflix film about Prince Andrew and his disastrous BBC interview
Operation Save Boris
Britain’s former prime minister is back in the headlines after taking a taxpayer-funded publicity trip to war-torn Ukraine, and amid allegations of a grubby financial exchange involving the chairman of the BBC and a $1 million loan
The Heir and the Spare
Britain’s royal soap opera continues …
Heavy Assets
“Baroness Bra,” the U.K.’s most controversial member of the House of Lords, is accused of “bullying” ministers into awarding her lucrative coronavirus contracts worth more than $240 million
The View from Here
Just how corrupt is the Qatar World Cup?
The View from Here
A new, unauthorized biography of Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister, Liz Truss, reveals a robotic woman who lives on a diet of espressos and mayonnaise-free food, but leaves its readers wanting more
Behind the Palace Curtain
A new season of The Crown, a scathing nonfiction account, the tell-all memoir from Prince Harry himself—there is no shortage of ways to take in the royal family, but none are flattering
The View from Here
Liz Truss’s catastrophic 45 days as British prime minister have set the stage for a Tarantino-like face-off for her replacement. Brexit-stung Europeans look on in bemusement
Un-Trussworthy
After a catastrophic first month in office, Britain’s new prime minister sacks her chancellor and scrambles to hold on to her job with a “charm offensive”
#Trussterf*ck
No shame and no sense—the U.K.’s new prime minister is not off to a good start
People, Posh Produce, and Politics
The personal details of a wealthy clientele—including Jeremy Clarkson, the Duchess of York, and Sir David Attenborough—are leaked on the Dark Web after Russians hack Britain’s fanciest farm shop
Dirty Rotten Royals
Where did previously “penniless” Sarah Ferguson get $6.1 million to buy a bougie Mayfair town house?
Jiminy Cricket!
How fake Indian Premier League games played by farm boys and local laborers duped Russian sports gamblers
Time to Call Pestminster Control …
From watching porn in the backbenches to nipple licking, to date-rape drugs, Britain’s House of Commons is a hotbed of sexual assault
Handbags at Dawn!
Chipolata-penis shaming, fake tans, and a four-letter word that starts with c! It’s the legal Circus Maximus as two British soccer wives go to High Court
The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince
A convicted Libyan gun smuggler, a royal introduction to a pedophile, a $50 million lawsuit—it’s just another week for Andrew