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Sleeping Around A farmhouse in Romania, a monastery in Greece, a cottage in Cornwall—King Charles’s preferred getaways are surprisingly plebeian. And most are open to the public

By Katie Bowman

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T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index George Santos returns, Kristi Noem splurges, and Donald Trump destroys

By George Kalogerakis

Megxit Follies

Selling Sussex Harry and Meghan’s new director of communications has a Sisyphean task: making the pair, well, likable. Four public-relations experts weigh in on how they would achieve the impossible

By Kate Wills

Great Lives

Reinaldo Herrera An international arbiter of style whose manners were matched by his joie de vivre and loyalty

By Amy Fine Collins

Factory by the Sea In the summer of 1972, Andy Warhol bought a house in the historic fishing village of Montauk. The town was never the same again

By Vincent Fremont

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The Daumier of La Dolce Vita Ava Gardner kicked him in the groin, Peter O’Toole socked him in the ear, and this month Gérard Depardieu pounded him to a pulp. But 79-year-old Rino Barillari isn’t slowing down

By Tom Kington

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One Night in the Tropics Under cover of darkness, armed men stormed a former British consul’s Ecuador ranch, kidnapping him and his girlfriend. Now he recounts their harrowing escape

By Matthew Campbell

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The Attention-Whore Index Marjorie Taylor Greene sells conspiracies, Elon Musk buys votes, and Donald Trump slings fries (and lies)

By George Kalogerakis

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The Downtown Set A list of the 50 young New Yorkers who are remaking Lower Manhattan in their own image

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Lady in Motion After the unexpected success of Anne Glenconner’s juicy memoir Lady in Waiting, the 90-year-old decided to write a sequel

By Hilary Rose

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Lucian Freud’s “Slave” David Dawson was the artist’s fixer, confidant, and gofer—and he still lives in his master’s house

By Rachel Campbell-Johnston

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The “Oh, Boy” Network

School for Scoundrels Eton College has long played an outsize role in Great Britain’s public life. It’s where some of the country’s most prominent figures were schooled in the art of dissembling

By James Fox

Adventures in Journalism

Assignment: Sinatra
Part III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas

By Gay Talese

Fiction

Joining “the Firm” An aspiring journalist from New Delhi gets a private tour of Kensington Palace—his new girlfriend’s childhood home

By Aatish Taseer

A Very British Scandal It was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history—but it took a TV show to get the government to act

By John Arlidge

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Reinaldo Herrera An international arbiter of style whose manners were matched by his joie de vivre and loyalty

By Amy Fine Collins

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Across the Jillyverse Publishing her 18th novel at 86 years old, novelist Jilly Cooper is as prolific—and ready to talk about sex—as ever

By Josh Glancy

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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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Devil Baby Cocaine killed my ex-husband. Now fentanyl—the worst drug the world has ever seen—has our daughter in its grip

By Lyndall Hobbs

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The King of Lies Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown

By Hugo Vickers

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Royals

Sleeping Around A farmhouse in Romania, a monastery in Greece, a cottage in Cornwall—King Charles’s preferred getaways are surprisingly plebeian. And most are open to the public

The Attention-Whore Index George Santos returns, Kristi Noem splurges, and Donald Trump destroys

Selling Sussex Harry and Meghan’s new director of communications has a Sisyphean task: making the pair, well, likable. Four public-relations experts weigh in on how they would achieve the impossible

Reinaldo Herrera An international arbiter of style whose manners were matched by his joie de vivre and loyalty

Factory by the Sea In the summer of 1972, Andy Warhol bought a house in the historic fishing village of Montauk. The town was never the same again

The Daumier of La Dolce Vita Ava Gardner kicked him in the groin, Peter O’Toole socked him in the ear, and this month Gérard Depardieu pounded him to a pulp. But 79-year-old Rino Barillari isn’t slowing down

One Night in the Tropics Under cover of darkness, armed men stormed a former British consul’s Ecuador ranch, kidnapping him and his girlfriend. Now he recounts their harrowing escape

The Attention-Whore Index Marjorie Taylor Greene sells conspiracies, Elon Musk buys votes, and Donald Trump slings fries (and lies)

The Downtown Set A list of the 50 young New Yorkers who are remaking Lower Manhattan in their own image

Lady in Motion After the unexpected success of Anne Glenconner’s juicy memoir Lady in Waiting, the 90-year-old decided to write a sequel

Lucian Freud’s “Slave” David Dawson was the artist’s fixer, confidant, and gofer—and he still lives in his master’s house

School for Scoundrels Eton College has long played an outsize role in Great Britain’s public life. It’s where some of the country’s most prominent figures were schooled in the art of dissembling

Assignment: SinatraPart III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas

Joining “the Firm” An aspiring journalist from New Delhi gets a private tour of Kensington Palace—his new girlfriend’s childhood home

A Very British Scandal It was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history—but it took a TV show to get the government to act

Reinaldo Herrera An international arbiter of style whose manners were matched by his joie de vivre and loyalty

Across the Jillyverse Publishing her 18th novel at 86 years old, novelist Jilly Cooper is as prolific—and ready to talk about sex—as ever

Sloane Alone Turns out there’s no etiquette guide on how to behave when your wife leaves you to become the Queen of England

Devil Baby Cocaine killed my ex-husband. Now fentanyl—the worst drug the world has ever seen—has our daughter in its grip

The King of Lies Separating fact from fiction in the latest, heavily fabricated season of The Crown

Assignment: Sinatra
Part III Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas