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Call it Society Physics 101. If you gather a bunch of rich, powerful people behind a wrought iron gate or a velvet rope— whether at Versailles in 1685 or Zero Bond last week—you’ll have outsiders desperate to get in. (Similarly, as Julian Fellowes wrote in his novel Snobs, “Leave three Englishmen in a room and they will invent a rule that prevents a fourth joining them.”)
The desire of have-nots to make it through a forbidden door has long been a driving force in the stories we tell. Literature and film are lousy with arrivistes: Becky Sharp, Undine Spragg, Lily Bart, Eve Harrington. Just last winter, Bertha Russell ended season two of The Gilded Age in a voluminous green gown selling her daughter off to a duke to cement her standing in society.
Add to this roster of parvenues Maxine Simmons, in the new series Palm Royale (premiering March 20 on Apple TV+). Maxine is a desperate pilot’s wife who will do anything to enter 1960s Palm Beach society and gain access to the series’s titular, and very hard to join, country club—as well as the glittering, powerful, and mysterious people who circulate inside it.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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Jersey, JE ΤΙΜΕ
Nearly 50 years ago a museum opened in Paris.
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THE HUNGER GAMES
Two former bons amis grew up in the same expensive suburb and cut their teeth together in the Paris nightclub scene. Then they launched competing restaurant empires, and the gloves came off. Now one of them is facing a suspended prison sentence and a huge fine. Welcome to the city's most delicious grudge match.
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HIDDEN in Plain Sight
T&C was invited into the private archives and secret workshops of Paris, to glimpse the treasures that have made this city famous for its style and craftsmanship. It's a reputation worth fighting for.
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GUARDIAN of Objects
Laura Kugel is the go-to art dealer for the world's most discerning clients, but her family's Paris wonderland is open to all. Come inside, won't you?
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Ecole! Elysée! SCANDALE!
The path to the French White House requires a political education at one of the country's elite universities. As controversy swirls around Sciences Po-class treason, #MeToo à la française, creeping le wokisme-will its grip on power finally slip?
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Are There Still Mysteries in Paris?
Surely not, in the world's most visited city! And yet: Why is the Louvre called the Louvre? Why do the upper stories of its 17th-century buildings tilt in? Why do even familiar streets feel so enticing, unknown? One thing is clear: So many of us return because the City of Light is really one of mesmerizing shadows.
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High SEAS
How seductive is a cruise on an ultraluxury ship (yes, that's a category) like the new Regent Seven Seas Grandeur? So much so that a 132-day sailing sold out in three hours. It was time to investigate.
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The Cruise Cure
One definition of bliss at sea is padding down a ship's hallway from your suite to the spa in a robe and slippers. Here's what awaits.
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Only a Day to Spare?
These hotel spas-mini-me's of destination, health retreats punch way above their weight. So, if you're in the neighborhood...
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So, Where Do You Ride in Paris?
A fancy equestrian's guide to the best of Gallic galloping.