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“Not a Complete Clown” The parties, Wallpapergate, the police investigation, the apology to the Queen—Boris Johnson tries to hold it all together

By Stuart Heritage

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The View from Here Just how corrupt is the Qatar World Cup?

By Stuart Heritage

Warning Signs

The Boss from Hell Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back

By Paul Spike

Rules for Living

How to Know if You’re Common Decorator, bon vivant—and still enjoying cocaine at 85—Nicky Haslam releases his annual list of the tacky and unsophisticated

By Laura Pullman

Doctor Knows Nest Is your home supporting your health?

By Brennan Kilbane

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The Attention-Whore Index New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world

By George Kalogerakis

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Sloane Alone Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England

By Hilary Rose

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Swan Song Truman Capote’s social suicide by novel: the story behind the new mini-series Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

By Sam Kashner

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A Brief History of Yuval Noah Harari “We should never underestimate human stupidity,” warns the author of Sapiens, the runaway best-seller and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books

By Ben Spencer

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Estates of Confusion A new book celebrates the madcap magic of artist Hunt Slonem’s homes

By Steve Garbarino

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Along Came Polly Polly Jean Harvey, the fearless singer and two-time Mercury Prize winner known as PJ Harvey, blends her recent work with 90s classics on her European summer tour

By David Yaffe

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Holding Court A look at the glamorous and long-forgotten life of the 1930s tennis star Alice Marble

By Madeleine Blais

Great Lives

Ada “Bricktop” Smith The forgotten queen of Jazz Age Montmartre

By Patrick Monahan

Travel

Look and Sea The English coastal town of Margate is transforming into an epicenter of cool. And Tracey Emin is only partly responsible

By Aimee Farrell

So You Want to Be a Guru? Fabulously wealthy women are rebranding themselves as lifestyle gurus. Who’s buying it?

By Judith Newman

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Fifty Shades of Britain In England, Channel 4 has brought the dating show to uncharted territory by featuring naked contestants

By Flora Gill

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Good Material, Bad Girl A much-troubled film about Madonna is finally in the works—but can it survive its subject’s notorious perfectionism and boorish manners?

By Ed Power

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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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Owning the Lits Fringe scholars have long argued that Shakespeare wasn’t really Shakespeare. So why has it suddenly become an article of faith among young conservatives?

By George Pendle

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Touch and Glow Is the humble safflower the next big miracle worker in skin care? We go to Japan with a hope and a prayer

By Brennan Kilbane

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Life After Lagerfeld Lady Amanda Harlech spent decades working alongside fashion’s most obsessive fixture. So what’s next?

By Vassi Chamberlain

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Sweat, Lies, and Videotape

Interview with a Dumpster Fire Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?

By Stuart Heritage

Film

The Rise and Rise of Ziggy Stardust Moonage Daydream is the far-out, maximalist documentary David Bowie would have wanted

By Jonathan Dean

Music

There’s Something About Harry Harry Styles is at the top of his game as musician, actor, and icon. And what’s not to love?

By Will Hodgkinson

The Deformative Years

By Pico Iyer

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Royals

“Not a Complete Clown” The parties, Wallpapergate, the police investigation, the apology to the Queen—Boris Johnson tries to hold it all together

The View from Here Just how corrupt is the Qatar World Cup?

The Boss from Hell Before becoming known as a sex offender, Mohamed Al-Fayed was just another under-the-radar Lothario overseeing an empire. One of his former employees looks back

How to Know if You’re Common Decorator, bon vivant—and still enjoying cocaine at 85—Nicky Haslam releases his annual list of the tacky and unsophisticated

Doctor Knows Nest Is your home supporting your health?

The Attention-Whore Index New Jersey is to corruption as Elon Musk is to reproduction. Plus, all the strangest news from around the world

Sloane Alone Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England

Swan Song Truman Capote’s social suicide by novel: the story behind the new mini-series Feud: Capote vs. the Swans

A Brief History of Yuval Noah Harari “We should never underestimate human stupidity,” warns the author of Sapiens, the runaway best-seller and one of Barack Obama’s favorite books

Estates of Confusion A new book celebrates the madcap magic of artist Hunt Slonem’s homes

Along Came Polly Polly Jean Harvey, the fearless singer and two-time Mercury Prize winner known as PJ Harvey, blends her recent work with 90s classics on her European summer tour

Holding Court A look at the glamorous and long-forgotten life of the 1930s tennis star Alice Marble

Ada “Bricktop” Smith The forgotten queen of Jazz Age Montmartre

Look and Sea The English coastal town of Margate is transforming into an epicenter of cool. And Tracey Emin is only partly responsible

So You Want to Be a Guru? Fabulously wealthy women are rebranding themselves as lifestyle gurus. Who’s buying it?

Fifty Shades of Britain In England, Channel 4 has brought the dating show to uncharted territory by featuring naked contestants

Good Material, Bad Girl A much-troubled film about Madonna is finally in the works—but can it survive its subject’s notorious perfectionism and boorish manners?

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

Owning the Lits Fringe scholars have long argued that Shakespeare wasn’t really Shakespeare. So why has it suddenly become an article of faith among young conservatives?

Touch and Glow Is the humble safflower the next big miracle worker in skin care? We go to Japan with a hope and a prayer

Life After Lagerfeld Lady Amanda Harlech spent decades working alongside fashion’s most obsessive fixture. So what’s next?

Interview with a Dumpster Fire Prince Andrew’s hilariously awful Jeffrey Epstein interview is being retold in a documentary, a mini-series, and a film. Can there ever be too much of a good thing?

The Rise and Rise of Ziggy Stardust Moonage Daydream is the far-out, maximalist documentary David Bowie would have wanted

There’s Something About Harry Harry Styles is at the top of his game as musician, actor, and icon. And what’s not to love?

The Deformative Years