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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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Artist in Residence

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

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

By Madeleine Blais

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

By Patrick Monahan

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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

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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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Skin in the Game

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

Elements of Style

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

By Vassi Chamberlain

Travel

Malta’s Day in the Sun With Italy and Greece overrun by tourists, the English-speaking Mediterranean island that Queen Elizabeth once called home is a suitably low-key—and culture-packed—alternative

By Jonathan Margolis

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

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

By Jonathan Dean

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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

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The Deformative Years

By Pico Iyer

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The World According to Harry Written like an exceedingly long, drunken text message, and opening with a phrase from BrainyQuote, Spare is anything but the typical royal memoir

By James Marriott

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Master of None Amid his battle to take back the White House, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming towerless and losing the Manhattan building that made him a star

By Hugh Tomlinson

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The Hot Seat

A Very British Scandal-Maker Sam McAlister, the longtime BBC producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to do that car-crash interview, tells all

By Michael Odell

Murder, They Wrote

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch This month’s best crime-fiction book and TV shows

By Lisa Henricksson

A Very Spanish Scandal

To Blackmail a King The former mistress of Spain’s exiled monarch, Juan Carlos, forced her 13-year-old son to photograph and video her royal romps in order to extort millions of dollars in hush money from the Spanish state

By James Badcock

The View from Here The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too

By Eleanore Kelly

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Royals

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?

Malta’s Day in the Sun With Italy and Greece overrun by tourists, the English-speaking Mediterranean island that Queen Elizabeth once called home is a suitably low-key—and culture-packed—alternative

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

The World According to Harry Written like an exceedingly long, drunken text message, and opening with a phrase from BrainyQuote, Spare is anything but the typical royal memoir

Master of None Amid his battle to take back the White House, Donald Trump is in danger of becoming towerless and losing the Manhattan building that made him a star

A Very British Scandal-Maker Sam McAlister, the longtime BBC producer who persuaded Prince Andrew to do that car-crash interview, tells all

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch This month’s best crime-fiction book and TV shows

To Blackmail a King The former mistress of Spain’s exiled monarch, Juan Carlos, forced her 13-year-old son to photograph and video her royal romps in order to extort millions of dollars in hush money from the Spanish state

The View from Here The war in Ukraine has not only killed and displaced millions of people but tens of thousands of horses, too