Air Mail

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

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

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

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

By Steve Garbarino

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

By George Kalogerakis

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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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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

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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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Music

The Making of Beyoncé How the “Crazy in Love” singer, currently traveling the world on her Cowboy Carter tour, became more powerful than the music industry

By Megan Agnew

Social Studies

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

By Judith Newman

Television

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

By Flora Gill

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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Call Me Maybe They’re in our beds, our meetings, and our meals, chipping away at intimacy and connection. Here, seven ways to break your worst phone habits

By Shane Watson

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Great Scot! Americans, making up a growing share of St. Andrews’s student body, are transforming the quiet university once attended by William and Kate into a beer-pong-playing college campus

By Tilly Frain-Bell

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Mother Knows Best

By Joanne Kaufman

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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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Inside Story

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal

By Andy Webb

Inside Story

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal

By Andy Webb

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

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

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Royals

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

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

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

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

The Making of Beyoncé How the “Crazy in Love” singer, currently traveling the world on her Cowboy Carter tour, became more powerful than the music industry

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?

Call Me Maybe They’re in our beds, our meetings, and our meals, chipping away at intimacy and connection. Here, seven ways to break your worst phone habits

Great Scot! Americans, making up a growing share of St. Andrews’s student body, are transforming the quiet university once attended by William and Kate into a beer-pong-playing college campus

Mother Knows Best

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

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal

The Princess Deception Program Thirty years on, the journalist who first broke the story of Diana’s betrayal by the BBC’s Martin Bashir reveals the true extent of the cover-up—and why her brother believes its consequences were lethal

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