Love Among the Ruins: Part One
Accompanying my sister, Dorothy Stratten, to the Playboy Mansion at 12 was a shock. But nothing could have prepared me for what followed
Class War in the Schoolroom
The new Labour government is hiking up taxes on Britain’s acclaimed private schools. Is it leveling the playing field or getting revenge on Boris Johnson?
What’s in Trump’s Wallet?
If Donald Trump loses the presidential election, his personal finances will be ruined. And it won’t be the first time
The View from Here
In the 1990s, Scott Ritter was a respected U.N. weapons inspector. Now he’s a Kremlin propagandist, defending Russia’s war in Ukraine
A Hard Game to Love
Tennis reporter Ben Rothenberg wasn’t afraid to uncover the game’s scandals, but when he claimed a top player was a domestic abuser, he was cut loose by his publishers—and slapped with a lawsuit
The Attention-Whore Index
Tucker Carlson doubts the Holocaust, Melania Trump believes the conspiracies, and Donald Trump is certain someone is eating America’s pets
The Dark Side of Alain Delon
He played charming but icy characters on-screen. The available evidence suggests that he was one in real life
A New York Liberal Turf War
When the Upper West Side’s tony Calhoun School announced that a homeless shelter would take over one of its buildings, the neighborhood’s liberal pieties were put to the test
Pino Noir: Part II
Even with the F.B.I. hot on his trail, Miami developer Sergio Pino was so desperate to end his marriage that he’d do anything—including murder
The Attention-Whore Index
J. D. Vance wants women to be segregated, the Sussexes want to be rehabilitated, and the Ramones need to be separated
Pino Noir
Miami businessman Sergio Pino was successful at nearly everything—except for his numerous bumbling attempts to kill his wife of 32 years
One-Stop Shopper
Betty Halbreich, the personal shopper at Bergdorf Goodman, offered guidance to the doyennes of New York. Lena Dunham, her friend and client, pays homage to the legend, who recently died at 96
The View from Here
The latest victim of crypto hype? Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper
Till Vogue Do Us Part
For decades, brides have fought to get their weddings covered in the magazine. Considering how quickly many of those marriages fail, it might be a curse, not a blessing
Flying Under the Radar
With lower costs and fewer delays, Long Island’s Republic Airport is drawing Manhattan’s private-plane set away from Teterboro. The caveat: it’s farther from Fifth Avenue
Another Prophecy Fulfilled
Published nearly 20 years ago, the visionary writer J. G. Ballard’s final novel foreshadowed the anti-immigrant riots that roiled the U.K. this summer
The Eyes of a Killer: Part VIII
Have Bryan Kohberger’s defense attorneys stumbled onto a get-out-of-jail-free card?
A Van for All Seasons
Could this be the world’s most charming home on wheels?
Mean Green Streets
Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, and Patti Smith have joined forces to save a much-loved garden in downtown New York
The View from Here
From bare-chested push-ups to a dead bear in Central Park, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s doomed presidential campaign—condensed into one sentence
The Property-Whore Index
Billionaires like nothing better than getting into property battles with their equally rich neighbors. This week we chart the worst offenders
The Encryption Kid
Long before his arrest for allegedly enabling cyber-crime, Telegram creator Pavel Durov used his talents to create a Russian Facebook, organize college beauty contests, and help classmates cheat on exams
Game Changers
As America’s major sports leagues became moneymaking monopolies, a trio of trailblazing organizations—rife with scandal and star power—tried to cut in on the action
The Attention-Whore Index
Donald Trump angers the Queen, Elon Musk has warlord friends, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. drops out
