Vanity Fair US
Realm of the Coin
In a financial system upended by cryptocurrencies and meme stocks, where value is detached from utility and the loudest voice gets richest, ZOË BERNARD tours a brave new world in Bel Air that is part Bravolebrity, part Wolf of Wall Street, and all casino
10+ min |
November 2025
Vanity Fair US
ODESSA A'ZION
The emblematic Gen Z cool girl seems poised to become a reluctant celebrity—which made her perfect for director Josh Safdie's latest film, Marty Supreme
5 min |
November 2025
Vanity Fair US
Brat's Next Act
Just married. Pivoting to film in magnificent fashion. After a seemingly endless summer of brat, Charli xcx talks to ANNA PEELE about her new season of stardom
10+ min |
November 2025
Vanity Fair US
Captain America?
NYC's mayoral candidate has Kennedy-like charisma, a global profile, and nepo baby instincts.
10+ min |
November 2025
Vanity Fair US
BROKEN ARTED
Barbara Guggenheim and Abigail Asher were, until recently, grandes dames of the art market, outfitting the most powerful people in the world with killer portfolios. Then, in a flurry of mutual allegations ranging from sexual favors to fraud, the two women parted ways. As their battle heads to court
10+ min |
November 2025
The New Yorker
THE PICTURES LARGER THAN LIFE
In the 1984 Ron Howard comedy \"Splash,\" Tom Hanks and John Candy play lovelorn Manhattan brothers-one tidy, one rascally-whose lives are up-ended when Hanks falls in love with a mermaid.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
WE'RE DOING CHILD-LED PARENTING
Oh, you're doing baby-led weaning? We did that, too! It’s really the only way to raise confident, independent little humans. That’s why we decided to take it a step further and do child-led parenting. Hold on one sec—yes, Caleb, my love, how can I help your journey? I see. Yes, I understand that your heart wants to watch “PAW Patrol” right now, but remember you broke your iPad, so—O.K., yes, you can watch on my iPad. Great problem-solving!
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
WITH A BANG: "Hedda"
It's not essential to bone up on Henrik Ibsen's drama “Hedda Gabler” before seeing “Hedda,” because the movie meets the crucial standard of adaptation: it's a formidable cinematic experience independent of its source.
6 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
EXIT STRATEGY
A leading “dark ecologist” warns against hope.
10 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
AMERICAN PASTIME: SIDE HUSTLES
As the World Series approaches, fans might take a moment to appreciate an era that has given us baseball players, like the Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge and the Dodgers’ pitcher-hitter Shohei Ohtani, who will go down in history with Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Mickey Mantle.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
ON THE MARKET
How corporate feminism went from \"Love Me\" to \"Buy Me.\"
10+ min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
SALOON SONGS
In her younger years, Annie Clark, the forty-three-year-old singer-songwriter who performs as St. Vincent, was twice mistaken for a prostitute at the Carlyle hotel.
3 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
A NEW MIDDLE EAST
President Donald Trump arrived at Ben Gurion Airport on Monday morning, October 13th, just as Hamas was releasing the last surviving Israeli hostages after two years of cruel captivity and Israel had halted its devastating bombardment of Gaza.
8 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
GO BIG AND GO HOME
Can the golden age of Costco last?
10+ min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
OPEN TABLE
Mark Bittman's experiment in pay-what-you-can fine dining.
7 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
OBSESSION
The granular focus of Tame Impala.
7 min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
THE SHUTDOWN ARTIST
Inside Russell Vought's dismantling of the federal government.
10+ min |
October 27, 2025
The New Yorker
FINAL BOY
Thing is, I've been trying to find a moment to write down what happened to Bennett and me for a while now, but the demands of my audience rarely abate.
10+ min |
October 27, 2025
Archaeology
Temples to Tradition
A looted cache of bronzes compels archaeologists to explore Celtic sanctuaries across Burgundy
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
OASIS MAKERS OF ARABIA
Researchers are just beginning to understand how people thrived in the desert of Oman some 5,000 years ago
8 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
CANINE COUTURE
A decorated bag used to carry something particular, or for a special occasion such as a night on the town, is often used to signal wealth and status.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
ACTS OF FAITH
Evidence emerges of the day in 1562 when an infamous Spanish cleric tried to destroy Maya religion
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
FOSSIL FORCE
One of the planet's most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
BUILDING THE BLACK CITY
Why the nomads of the Uighur Empire constructed a medieval urban center like no other
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
SEARCHING FOR VENEZUELA'S UNDISCOVERED ARTISTS
Inspired by their otherworldly landscape, ancient people created a new rock art tradition
9 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
IN HIS MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
The relationship between archaeology and espionage is close. During the twentieth century, for example, both Britain and the United States recruited archaeologists working in some of the world's most sensitive locales as spies. Beginning in 1911, T. E. Lawrence excavated the Hittite site of Carchemish on the Euphrates River, from where he could keep an eye on the Germans, who were constructing a railway supply line between Baghdad and Berlin.
2 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
Secrets of the Seven Wonders
How archaeologists are rediscovering the ancient world's most marvelous monuments
10+ min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
THE EGYPTIAN SEQUENCE
Until now, the earliest Egyptians to have even part of their DNA sequenced were three people who lived between 787 and 544 B.C.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
A FAMILIAR FACE
In the early eleventh century, a landslide on the island of Ostrów Lednicki in western Poland caused a hillfort to collapse and slip to the bottom of Lake Lednica.
1 min |
November/December 2025
Archaeology
SOURCE MATERIAL
As early as 40,000 years ago, some hunter-gatherers in southern Africa ventured long distances to procure special types of stone to make their tools.
1 min |