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A Woman’s Place Is in the Kremlin Estonia’s prime minister considers how different Europe would be if more women were in power

By George Grylls

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Will the Idaho-Killings Suspect Walk Free? Howard Blum takes us inside the investigation, and why a conviction of Bryan Kohberger is not a slam dunk

By Michael Hainey and Ashley Baker

Books

The Remains of the Day

By Dominic Sandbrook

Annals of Delusion

#Trussterf*ck No shame and no sense—the U.K.’s new prime minister is not off to a good start

By Stuart Heritage

The Attention-Whore Index Elon Musk is jumping for Trump, Ron DeSantis is ghosting Kamala, and King Charles is shrieking with fear

By George Kalogerakis

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Jeff Koons on the Moon And other strange news about these curious days …

By George Kalogerakis

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Proceed to Checkout Newly engaged fauxlanthropists Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have mastered the art of “strategic giving” from their half-a-billion-dollar yacht

By Marina Hyde

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Ill-Suited Sunak Are the British prime minister’s problems down to his choice of suits?

By Aleks Cvetkovic

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Luck, Be This Lady Carole Bamford has turned Daylesford into not only a posh grocery store but a signifier for a certain way of life

By Victoria Mather

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Moscow on the Thames How was a member of the House of Lords allowed to moonlight as the multi-millionaire head of oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s energy company?

By Patrick Kidd

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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

By Stuart Heritage

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The Writer at Work

The Bard of Berkshire Best-selling novelist Robert Harris—his books have sold more than 10 million copies—still writes 800 words a day. Just don’t expect any sex scenes

By Lynn Barber

Social Studies

Club d’État Will Boris Johnson’s favorite schmoozy club become the seat of his downfall?

By Joseph Bullmore

Little Britain

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?

By Ashley Baker

Making Banksy A new book compiles graffiti by the elusive street artist, from the 1990s to today

By Elena Clavarino

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The View from Here When Saudi Arabia bought a storied English soccer team, its fortunes on the pitch were transformed. But at what cost to its soul?

By Andrew Hankinson

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Who Goes There? After a $1.7 billion renovation, Raffles London, at the Old War Office, opened to great fanfare. Too much, perhaps

By Ashley Baker

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Back in the U.S.S.R.

By Pratinav Anil

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Who Will Follow BoJo the Clown? The fight to become the U.K.’s next P.M.—and the Queen’s 15th—is down to two very different candidates

By Patrick Kidd

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Murder, They Wrote Stormy weather plays a central role in this month’s best mystery novels. Plus, revisiting one of the first-ever police procedurals

By Lisa Henricksson

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A Picture Worth a Thousand Sins Taken in her London home, it was the photo that became synonymous with Ghislaine Maxwell’s culpability. Why hasn’t the U.K. taken action against her?

By Nigel Cawthorne

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Stretches of the Imagination

By Peter Brookes

Little Britain

The Power and the Tory He’s the youngest British prime minister of the modern era. She’s thought to be wealthier than King Charles. Meet the U.K.’s newest power couple

By Michael Ashcroft

T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Can anyone stop Prince Harry’s run of victories? Kevin Spacey and others make their move. But the decision is up to you!

By George Kalogerakis

The Royal Treatment

By Roger Lewis

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