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/Issue No. 728

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"It's our heritage. We should be able to see it." —DIA MRAD

Features

42 Continental Rift

BY MICHELLE RUIZ

Harry and Meghan's departure from the royal family has been an extraordinary split. Will time heal the wounds, or is the great divide between William and Harry history repeating itself?

50 The Fall of the House of Hammer

BY JULIE MILLER

A dark family history has lurked beneath the surface of Armie Hammer's picture-perfect life. The shocking allegations against the actor are just the next chapter of the saga.

58 Lost and Found

BY LILY LEACH

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DIA MRAD

In August, a devastating explosion left many of Beirut's historic 19th-century villas in ruins. One young photographer is documenting them before they are gone forever.

66 Blue Notes

BY CAMONGHNE FELIX PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN EDMONDS

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins brings Colson Whitehead's acclaimed novel The Underground Railroad to the screen.

STITCH

120 HOURS

Time spent making a single crystal-encrusted sash for Chanel's Metiers d'art collection. [P. 78]

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Features

72 Shot Chasers

BY KATHERINE EBAN PHOTOGRAPH BYTOM BRENNER

Toward the end of the Trump presidency, there was a plan to vaccinate essential federal workers. In a fitting final chapter to the era, it was totally upended by cronyism and favoritism.

78 Phantom Threads

BY LEAH FAYE COOPER PHOTOGRAPHS BY TOMAS VAN HOUTRYVE

The artisans at Chanel's ateliers hone their crafts for years. Here's how they brought the latest Metiers d'art collection to life.

86 The King's Gambit

BY STACEY ABRAMS ILLUSTRATION BY COREY BRICKLEY

When voting rights activist Stacey Abrams isn't busy saving democracy, she's writing fiction. A first look at an excerpt from her upcoming political thriller, While Justice Sleeps.

92 Brat, Unpacked

BY ANDREW MCCARTHY

In the 1980s, Andrew McCarthy rose to fame in an infamous pack of young stars. In his new memoir, Brat, the actor looks back on his early days in Hollywood.

Columns

40 How Trump Fades Away

BY PETER HAMBY PHOTOGRAPH BY PENELOPE UMBRICO

What Sarah Palin's demise can teach us about how the Trump era may come to a close.

Vanities

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24 / Opening Act

Lourdes Leon has arrived.

28 / My Stuff

Tracee Ellis Ross shares her favorite things.

30 / Royals

A WW II-era diary illuminates the House of Windsor.

32 / Books

Tales of travels; form-bending memoirs.

34 / Beauty

How the Kardashian-Jenner clan influenced our faces.

36 / Trending

Dip into a Disney villain's wardrobe.

38 / The Gallery

A celestialinspired ring.

20 Editor's Letter

22 Contributors

104 Proust Questionnaire

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"Prayer is something really helpful to me." —LOURDES LEON

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