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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?

By George Pendle

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Great Caesar’s Ghost!

Sexy Feast There’s a new Richard Caring restaurant in town. But the gods are not smiling down on Bacchanalia

By Hilary Rose

Failing Up

By John Walsh

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Books

Eligible Bachelors

By James Kirchick

Crime and Scandal

In Bed with the Oligarchs Why is a British businessman and member of the eminent Bonham-Carter clan in custody and facing extradition to the U.S.?

By Joseph Bullmore

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out

By George Kalogerakis

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The Royals

Fool’s Gold Still angling to have his royal status reinstated, Prince Andrew can’t take the hint

By Hilary Rose

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Little Britain

“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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But First …

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

By Stuart Heritage

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A Bone to Pick

It’s a Vogue-Eat-Dogue World Condé Nast is suing a tiny Beverly Hills dog magazine for trademark infringement

By Carolina de Armas

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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

By Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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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

Books

High Churchill

By Gerard DeGroot

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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

Design for Living

Doctor Knows Nest Is your home supporting your health?

By Brennan Kilbane

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But First …

The Attention Whore of the Year Awards Elon? Tucker? Joe? Whom did you choose as the biggest braggart and blowhard of 2024?

By George Kalogerakis

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T.G.I.S.

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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Queen’s Gambit

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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Publish and Perish

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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Future Times

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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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Lauren Sánchez is inescapable, Kristi Noem is inexcusable, and Melania Trump is invisible

By George Kalogerakis

Royal Follies

They’re Charging Your Card at Buckingham Palace Unknown to most Brits, the royal family runs a handful of official gift shops selling licensed merchandise—just don’t expect them to stock Meghan’s jam

By Jonathan Margolis

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Highlight

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

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