Royals
The Criminal Element
Londongrad’s Laundromat Kensington mansions and Premier League football clubs—how did London become the money-washing capital of the world?
Scandal
Camille Vasquez: Legal Executioner In Johnny Depp’s $50 million libel case against Amber Heard, all eyes are on his stylish, no-nonsense lawyer
The King’s English To write about King George VI, Sally Bedell Smith was granted exclusive access to royal archives that included his World War II–era diaries and love letters to Queen Elizabeth
Annals of Delusion
#Trussterf*ck No shame and no sense—the U.K.’s new prime minister is not off to a good start
Tempest in a Martini Glass
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?
Great Caesar’s Ghost!
Sexy Feast There’s a new Richard Caring restaurant in town. But the gods are not smiling down on Bacchanalia
Great Lives
A Love Letter to Jean Marsh The Emmy–winning British actress who co-created and starred in the hit TV series Upstairs, Downstairs was brave, deeply empathetic, and funny to the end
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
Books
High Churchill
