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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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T.G.I.S.

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

By George Kalogerakis

The Oddest Couple in American Literature: Part IV Norman Mailer snubbed Lawrence Schiller when accepting the Pulitzer Prize for The Executioner’s Song. But that didn’t stop Schiller from cutting Mailer in on his latest exclusive: Lee Harvey Oswald’s K.G.B. files

By David Margolick

Portfolio

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

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Modern Times

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

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

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 Oddest Couple in American Literature: Part IV Norman Mailer snubbed Lawrence Schiller when accepting the Pulitzer Prize for The Executioner’s Song. But that didn’t stop Schiller from cutting Mailer in on his latest exclusive: Lee Harvey Oswald’s K.G.B. files

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