Royals4/9/21Apr 96Royals4/9/21RoyalsAn Era Closes for the British Crown: Prince Philip Has DiedKelly Faircloth109Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, has died at Windsor Castle. He was just shy of 100 years old, and he had been…
Apr 844/8/21The WeightKelly Faircloth162More than 20 years later, I can still remember my grandmother handing me the silver diet book with the cartoon cover…
Sheroes of History3/25/21Mar 252Sheroes of History3/25/21Sheroes of HistoryThe 'Protestant Whore' Who Defined Restoration TheaterKelly Faircloth7The history of acting is full of stories about women who clawed their way into the business through a combination of…
Royal Tea3/9/21Mar 93Royal Tea3/9/21Royal TeaThe Magical Trap of the Princess StoryKelly Faircloth64 It was supposed to be a fairy tale for the contemporary age, a media-savvy biracial American professional woman who…
Royals3/7/21Mar 77Royals3/7/21RoyalsHarry and Meghan's Oprah Interview Was One for the Royal History BooksKelly Faircloth386In 1995, the BBC documentary program Panorama aired a sensational interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, in which…
Royal Tea3/4/21Mar 44Royal Tea3/4/21Royal TeaThis Is Court Intrigue in Real-TimeKelly Faircloth250On March 7, CBS will premiere what’s likely to be a marquee television event of the year: Oprah Winfrey’s interview…
Royal Tea3/2/21Mar 23Royal Tea3/2/21Royal TeaThe Duke, the Princess and the Making of a Modern DynastyKelly Faircloth45Princes are thin on the ground these days. While there are still a few royals reigning across Europe, the world of…
'90s Week2/25/21Feb 2511'90s Week2/25/21'90s WeekThe Rise and Fall of Joss Whedon, and the Myth of the Hollywood Feminist HeroKelly Faircloth349“I hate ‘feminist.’ Is this a good time to bring that up?” Joss Whedon asked. He paused knowingly, waiting for the…
Royal Tea2/12/21Feb 121Royal Tea2/12/21Royal TeaMeghan Markle and the Royal History of the Scandalous LetterKelly Faircloth11In August 2018, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, sat down and addressed a letter to her father, Thomas Markle, in the wake…
Four Years to Infinity1/20/21Jan 202Four Years to Infinity1/20/21Four Years to InfinitySarah Huckabee Sanders and Kayleigh McEnany Were Trump's Enthusiastic Cleanup CrewKelly Faircloth9There are many lowlights from the Trump regime, but there’s one in particular that will haunt me: Sarah Huckabee…
Royal Tea1/6/21Jan 65Royal Tea1/6/21Royal TeaPrince Charles's Life Waiting in the WingsKelly Faircloth31In late March, Prince Charles was one of the earliest internationally famous names to be diagnosed with covid-19. He…
Sheroes12/31/20Dec 312Sheroes12/31/20SheroesStacey Abrams, Who Delivered a Perfect EndingKelly Faircloth31Georgia’s 16 electoral votes didn’t make Joe Biden president all by themselves. Nevertheless, emotionally, they were…
Shit I Bought12/23/20Dec 23SaveShit I Bought12/23/20Shit I BoughtEverything I Bought to Make This Christmas Extra ChristmasyKelly Faircloth25I genuinely love Christmas. I acknowledge all the pressures, all the consumerism, all the complex feelings, but I…
House Tour12/7/20Dec 74House Tour12/7/20House TourThe Organizational Fantasy of the Perfect EntrywayKelly Faircloth52The cover of a Better Homes and Gardens “Do It Yourself” supplement makes a big promise: “Organize Your Life: 18…
Royal Tea12/4/20Dec 45Royal Tea12/4/20Royal TeaHow The Crown Undid Charles and Camilla's Decade-Long RehabilitationKelly Faircloth265The Crown is a problem for the Crown. Now in its fourth season the show, which takes as its subject the intertwined…
Nov 30311/30/20Romancing the ThroneKelly Faircloth30In 1980, the Christmas windows at iconic London department store Selfridges featured a romantic tableau: two…
Elections11/25/20Nov 252Elections11/25/20ElectionsHow Romance Novelists Are Mobilizing Voters in Solidarity With Stacey AbramsKelly Faircloth12It’s both fitting and unsurprising to me, as somebody who has spent years reading and covering the genre, that a…
Nov 6Save11/6/20Let's Watch Kelly Loeffler As She Mud-Slings Her Way Through Georgia's Special ElectionKelly Faircloth47The final count from Georgia is still trickling in, but the result of one hotly contested race is confirmed: It’s…
Nov 6611/6/20Stacey Abrams Was Absolutely Right About GeorgiaKelly Faircloth57In the early hours of Friday morning, Joe Biden pulled ahead of Donald Trump in Georgia, which hasn’t gone blue…
Oct 30Save10/30/20Bank Notes, Vegetables, and KFC: This Month With the RoyalsKelly Faircloth4Here’s the thing about the royal family: they stay busy. To the extent that we can say they have a job—a debate…