The Duke and Duchess of Drama
Harry and Meghan’s new Netflix documentary ignores reality for the higher purpose of demonizing the royal family—and elevating themselves
The Blue-Check Investment
Your guide to who’s buying Instagram’s verification check marks, once reserved for actually notable people, now open to anyone willing to pay
The Whistleblowing WifeGaslit, starring Julia Roberts, tells the story of Martha Mitchell, the first and most improbable person to publicly accuse Nixon over Watergate
The Wildest West
For decades, the Resort at Paws Up was the most exclusive ranch hotel in the country. Now it has some competition from its sister property, the Green O
Hall of Mirrors
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley—now showing in glorious black and white—is a throwback to Hollywood’s golden era, and a film for our times
Joe Alwyn Breaks the Internet
Thanks to the Swifties, the singer’s guarded and fiercely private British ex is about to become the most hated man in America
Gulag for the Glitterati
The arrest of a socialite known to some as “Moscow’s Truman Capotski”—and the flight of Putin’s own goddaughter—signals a purge of the Kremlin-coddled plutocracy
Electric Shock
As the number of e-bikes and scooters on the road grows, so, too, does the feeling of lawlessness. Our car columnist offers advice on staying safe—and avoiding a war between riders, drivers, and pedestrians
Notes from Underground
James Fox, ghostwriter to Keith Richards and David Bailey, reveals the tricks of his trade—and why J. R. Moehringer shouldn’t be blamed for Harry’s memoir
Open House
The James Rose Center, a modernist home in New Jersey, hosts an exhibition of art and furniture that align with the architecture’s Zen ethos
Chiltern Firehouse’s Slow Burn
André Balazs on the fire that brought down his hotel—beloved by Hollywood stars and housed in a former fire station, no less—and what lies ahead for the London hot spot
Eye of the Beholder
If sleep is the new sex, what to do about performance anxiety? Our chronically rested beauty-and-wellness columnist investigates the latest attempts to lull us into a medication-free slumber
