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Real-Estate Rarities

The Palace We Call Home Le Palais Stoclet is one of the world’s most spectacular private homes. A new law might force it to open its doors to the public

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In Cold Blood

The “Preppy Killer” She Knew A new novel revisits 1980s Manhattan—and the murder that defined an era

Landing Gear

Fit to Print A printer that simply gets the job done! The best app for amateur bird-watchers! A vacuum that gives Dyson a run for its money! And more …


Landing Gear

Sweet Science A hard-hitting fitness tracker! A clock for book-lovers! The best tool for cleaning your shoes! And more …

Great Lives

Tom Lehrer A mordant Harvard math whiz who used musical satire to skewer the Establishment and pioneer a new kind of nonconformist comedy

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High Times

The Ultimate Map of New York and Its Drugs From Xanax to cocaine to mushrooms, we break down the city’s drug scene by neighborhood

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Air Mail Diary

The Kinky King of Europe And other strange news about these curious days …

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Design for Living

Rule of Three Have the Bidens ruined aviator sunglasses for the rest of us? How to avoid looking like a rent boy on the runway! And more, in our column on how to live …

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In Cold Blood

The “Preppy Killer” She Knew A new novel revisits 1980s Manhattan—and the murder that defined an era

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Inspector Gadget

Landing Gear A formidable home-security system from Ukraine; gym equipment fit for a superhero; a smart app for sound-sensitive diners; and more

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Inside Story

The Last Great Media Mogul At 94, Rupert Murdoch—who just launched a new tabloid, California Post—is the last vestige of the golden age of press barons, from Hearst to Pulitzer

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Inside Story

“A Castro or Worse” Patrice Lumumba won the Congo independence in 1960, but his suspected Soviet sympathies led to his overthrow. A new book reveals the man behind the myth—and the C.I.A.’s role in his murder

Elements of Style

Bring In the Suits Dunhill’s new creative director is bringing Britain’s men’s-wear traditions to the next generation


What a Prick

The Big Shrink Is the era of overfilled hot-dog-bun lips reaching its peak? Stop your pouting!

Hollywood Lives

A Bro Is Born How Cory Michael Smith went from growing up in blue-collar Ohio to playing a tech billionaire in Mountainhead, the new movie from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong

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Roguish Riviera

Money Talks A peek inside Prince Albert’s finances paints a picture of a feeble monarch, browbeaten by the women in his life

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Close-up

Daria Kolomiec The Ukrainian D.J. and activist is using music and storytelling as a war cry

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King’s Gambit

Stanley Kubrick’s Waterloo Having just tackled the end of the world and the mysteries of the universe, the obsessive director set his sights on Napoleon. Tens of thousands of index cards later, he waved the white flag

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T.G.I.S.

Who Was This Week’s Biggest Attention Whore? Michael Wolff dishes out advice to Jeffrey Epstein, Jack Schlossberg humbly chases the spotlight, and much more!

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Landing Gear

Global Transmission Listen to music without borders! Get rid of your smartphone! Tell time with … silicon? And more …

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Television

The Hits Keep Coming After the success of Unorthodox, its co-creator Anna Winger returns to Netflix with Transatlantic, a black comedy about World War II–era refugees

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Now Trending

Sounds Fishy Skin’s latest savior? Salmon sperm. Hold your nose, we’re going fishing

Books

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Comedy Classics

Fawlty Reasoning How has Fawlty Towers, one of the most offbeat, provincial, inappropriate, and heavily excoriated shows of all time, remained popular for 50 years? Nobody quite knows …

Bad Trip

Sex, Drugs, and Bloody Murder The gruesome killing of an aspiring model by a rich American playboy sent shock waves through Swinging London and its infamous Chelsea Set

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