John and Alexandra Brodie’s Holiday Gift Guide
With the help of his middle-school daughter, the former editor of Maisonette and editor of Todd Snyder rounds up the most charming cadeaux for tots, tykes, tweens, and teens
Arrivederci, San Lorenzo
Princess Diana played out her love life at the London institution, but after 40 years of being the center of the scene, it’s closing
The New Swampland?
Since 2020, branches of restaurants from New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and elsewhere have opened in Miami. But the bubble may be ready to pop
Oh, Brother!
Queen Elizabeth always preferred the boorish Andrew to the sensitive Charles. Is the King finally getting revenge on his disgraced sibling by cutting him off financially?
Good-bye, Mr. Xi
When rich Chinese families send their children to English boarding schools, they pay for guardians to take care of their offsprings’ logistical—and emotional—needs
A Night at the Brontës’
Guests can now stay in the birthplace of history’s most prolific literary family, just down the road from the dramatic moors that inspired Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights
The Bard of Berkshire
Best-selling novelist Robert Harris—his books have sold more than 10 million copies—still writes 800 words a day. Just don’t expect any sex scenes
Not Your Father’s Ghostwriter
Unfortunately for the royal family, J. R. Moehringer, Prince Harry’s ghostwriter, specializes in damaged father-son relationships
Dirck Halstead
From Saigon’s fall to Reagan’s shooting to Monicagate, the photographer was at the center of history as it happened
Flights of Fancy
The Boom Before the Bust
From caviar and Dom Pérignon at Mach 2 to the fatal Air France crash of 2000, former members of the Concorde crew revisit the era of supersonic flight
The Other Royal Family
A new, unauthorized biography of the Beckhams mocks their gaucheness and condemns their collusion with the media—but it can’t deny their power
Manifest Industry
Eighty years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a new book looks back at the American factories that manufactured its crucial minerals on an unprecedented scale
Mystic Meg
Holding up the mantle of humanity is no easy task for the duchess and her “dear friend,” the First Lady (of Canada) … This and so much more on the latest installment of Archetypes
Sweet Smell of Sussex
Harry and Meghan’s production company, Archewell, is leaking employees. Their development deal with Netflix is a bust. Can they redeem their Hollywood dream?
Oh, Brother!
Queen Elizabeth always preferred the boorish Andrew to the sensitive Charles. Is the King finally getting revenge on his disgraced sibling by cutting him off financially?
