The dizzying, multi-layered story of a huge pearl that has been at the centre of elaborate hoaxes, claims and counter-claims, and havoc in the lives of those connected to it for over 80 years. http://bit.ly/atlantic-pearl
An arresting excerpt from Howard Cunnell’s memoir Fathers & Sons, exploring what it is to grow up, to have a family, to be a parent, and through this to examine what he terms (in a phrase borrowed from a poem by another writer) “the shaping axe” of love. A fine piece of writing.
Quincy Jones is fantastically indiscreet in this interview, covering everything from his relationship with the Trumps, to Michael Jackson’s alleged theft of songs and The Beatles’ lack of musical talent.
The story of Gherman Titov, the “bad boy cosmonaut turned elder statesman of space”.
The remarkable story of a man found naked outside a Burger King in Georgia in 2004. His identity was a total mystery, including to himself. Those that sought to help him could not escape a niggling suspicion that he knew more than he was revealing.
One of the most famous articles of Muhammad Ali’s storied life, written after his defeat of Joe Frazier in Manila in 1975.
A contentious divorce is the jumping off point for a deep dive into the murky world of offshore finance.
The celebrated actress reflects on her life and career with refreshing frankness, and doesn’t hold back in discussing collaborators as varied and celebrated as Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, and the cast of F.R.I.E.N.D.S.