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What Women Want In an interview with Three Women’s Lisa Taddeo, the author discusses grief, vengeance, her new story collection, and, of course, women

By Andrew Billen

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Great Lives

Françoise Gilot Picasso’s muse and lover who left him after 10 abusive years continued a successful career as an artist and memoirist in her own right

Great Lives

Françoise Gilot Picasso’s muse and lover who left him after 10 abusive years continued a successful career as an artist and memoirist in her own right

Annals of Delusion

Rudy Then and Rudy Now Rudy Giuliani’s fall from respected New York mayor to Trump consigliere is well documented. But the cracks in his moral makeup were there from the outset

By James Wolcott

Legal Weasel Nerdy Harvard lawyer Ken Chesebro (Co-Conspirator 5) was a liberal until he got rich on Bitcoin and veered right, so much so that he advised Trump to use false electors to derail the 2020 election

By Jeffrey Toobin

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Don’t Call Richard Osman Cozy The author discusses the Helen Mirren–led adaptation of his best-selling book The Thursday Murder Club, his podcast, The Rest Is Entertainment, and why he considers “cozy crime” a reductive label

By Laura Pullman

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The Morty the Merrier New York’s finest bespoke tailor didn’t just craft suits—he stitched together a whole community

By Scott Asen

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A Cavalcade of Depravity Shakespearean actors, Penthouse Pets, 3,000 Roman costumes, 450 gallons of fake blood, and Gore Vidal. Was Caligula the most ambitious porno ever made—or the raunchiest historical epic?

By Josh Karp

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What Women Want In an interview with Three Women’s Lisa Taddeo, the author discusses grief, vengeance, her new story collection, and, of course, women

By Andrew Billen

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A Chicago Turf War When a flashy, young private-equity mogul sought to build a lavish compound on the shores of Lake Michigan, he didn’t count on pushback from the area’s old money

By Ben Ryder Howe

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Hamas in America: The Untold Story An AIR MAIL investigation reveals the deep roots linking a web of U.S.-based charities and activist groups to the architects of October 7

By Johanna Berkman

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Arts and Culture

History Boys A patrician cavalier and an Eeyorish football fan: the unlikely duo behind one of the world’s most successful podcasts

By Josh Glancy

Photo Factory

The Last of the Giants Before Steve Jobs, Polaroid founder Edwin Land developed revolutionary products at the intersection of art and technology. Thanks to a devoted few, his 225-pound 20x24 camera lives on

By Lloyd Grove

From Russia with Money

Once upon a Time in Londongrad How did the party-mad millionaire son of a former Russian K.G.B. officer penetrate the very core of Britain’s political establishment?

By Paul Caruana Galizia

The Wrath of Huang Nvidia C.E.O. Jensen Huang insists that, unlike his infamous temper tantrums, his A.I. chips don’t pose a threat to mankind

By Stephen Witt

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His Last Picture Show My Year with Peter Bogdanovich

By Sam Kashner

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Remembering Twin Peaks The cast of David Lynch’s rich and strange television masterpiece recall the late director’s sheer unusualness

By Steve Rose

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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

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Virginia Giuffre’s Last Words An explosive account of alleged abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew is seeing the light of day six months after Giuffre’s suicide

By Josie Ensor

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There Goes the Neigh-borhood! In Florida, old-guard horse-lovers and new-money developers are duking it out for the soul of Wellington

By Nancy Jo Sales

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Brand It Like Beckham David Beckham was once a very good footballer. Now he is something even rarer: a non-threatening, six-packed, billion-dollar advertising machine, trusted by anxious brands to make Americans buy almost anything

By Sam Wallace and Tom Morgan

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Facing the Music

The Real School of Rock Richard Linklater’s classic 2003 movie starred Jack Black as a dorky but harmless music teacher. The real-life School of Rock founder’s former students tell a more sinister story

By Ezra Marcus

Côte d’Azur Confidential

L’Affaire Negresco In her final years, Hotel Negresco owner Jeanne Augier was surrounded by all sorts of interlopers. What’s to become of her $500 million fortune—and one of the crown jewels of the French Riviera?

By John von Sothen

Kiss and Makeup

Ultra Violet As the fairy-tale life of Violet Grey founder Cassandra Grey enters its next chapter, her business goes back on the block

By Brennan Kilbane

Chris Whittle’s Teachable Moment The charter-school entrepreneur went from being one of the most acclaimed operators in the education sphere to losing everything. Will he be able to make a comeback?

By William D. Cohan

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