The Attention-Whore Index
This week’s dross rising to the top includes some old familiar names causing all-new commotions. Who is the unworthiest? You decide!
On the Scent
During World War II, spies had a little-suspected weapon: perfume. It was used for everything from building an undercover alias to making covert correspondences seem like love letters
Tuscany on the Thames
Started as a lunch canteen for the architects upstairs, Ruthie Rogers’s River Cafe has shaped The Way We Eat Now—and launched the careers of countless chefs
The Attention-Whore Index
Can professional victims HarMeg™ once again hang on to their No. 1 ranking? It’s up to them. But also up to you! Plus: news of the week that’s not to be missed
Calder on Their Minds
A Seattle power-collector couple’s love for the great American artist of suspended sculptures reaches new heights at the Seattle Art Museum
The Wicked Witches of Etsy
Finding witches to do your bidding, be it casting a spell on a crush or a curse on a boss, is now as easy as paying $15 on the mom-and-pop online marketplace
Above Par
The ritzy residents of Palm Beach usually play golf at their exclusive—and expensive—country clubs. Now they’re teeing up at a municipal course open to the public
Cat-and-Mouse Game
It was never going to be easy adapting “Cat Person,” Kristen Roupenian’s viral New Yorker short story, into a movie—even with Nicholas Braun starring
After Hours: The Oral History of a Cult Classic
With his career on the ropes, Martin Scorsese fought his way back to the top with a low-budget, surreal black comedy, set in New York’s gritty downtown scene