Royals
Nothing Sacred
Messing with Perfection In the latest affront to musical history, Cat Power is covering Bob Dylan’s 1966 concert at the Royal Albert Hall
But First …
The View from Here Liz Truss’s catastrophic 45 days as British prime minister have set the stage for a Tarantino-like face-off for her replacement. Brexit-stung Europeans look on in bemusement
Small Talk
“Anyone Seen the Beefeater Gin Guy?” Queen Elizabeth headed one of the world’s biggest brands. It’s only right that advertising heads of state come to mourn her
Air Mail Diary
Russia’s Rich Hunt for New Homes Plus, are Swedes rude? And other strange news about these curious days …
Into the Garden
For the Love of Roses Today’s rose fanatics—and there are a lot of them—join a fan club that stretches from Sappho to Shakespeare to Empress Joséphine
T.G.I.S.
The Attention-Whore Index Pete Hegseth looks for leaks, George Santos begs for a pardon, and Jack Schlossberg won’t go to any party he wasn’t invited to
Air Mail Diary
Prince William’s Eyebrow-Raising News Peg And other strange news about these curious days …
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
Inside Story
When Marilyn Went British In a 1956 trip to England, Marilyn Monroe sowed the seeds of divorce with Arthur Miller, battled with Laurence Olivier on set, and snagged an audience with the Queen
