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Editor’s Letter • Our May issue opens with a portfolio by Alex Majoli, who photographed throughout the coronavirus’s surge in Italy, the country of his birth.

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ADRIENNE WARREN soars to stardom

20 reasons to visit Turkey • There are far more than 20 reasons to visit Turkey. A country rich with culture and heritage, its diverse landscape offers something to suit every traveller, from the ruins of ancient empires to vibrant modern towns, via idyllic beaches and charming villages. To celebrate this timeless destination, here are some must-see highlights

Surrealist TEA PARTY • Take a page from Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, the V&A Museum’s forthcoming exhibition inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland, with some small pleasures for these strange times

HEADY EFFECT • In Chaumet Tiaras: Divine Jewels (Thames & Hudson), the Parisian jeweler responsible for adorning such notables as Empress Joséphine, Olga Picasso, and Edith Wharton offers a sweeping retrospective of the house’s dazzling creations.

Decor, DECORUM • Princess MARIE-CHANTAL of Greece, author of Manners Begin at Breakfast: Modern Etiquette for Families, puts some pomp in her Ps and Qs

Simply the BEST • ADRIENNE WARREN channels an icon as the titular force in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical

Brut FORCE

Frieze FRAME • At the art fair’s second year in Hollywood, stars scooped up prized pieces at a transformed Paramount Studios and toasted sales at the Chateau Marmont and San Vicente Bungalows

The British Tabloid INVASION • How the Daily Mail is conquering American gossip

THE EYE OF THE STORM • With Italy reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic and 60 million people across the nation ordered to remain indoors, a documentary photographer ventures out to record the quiet desolation of a modern plague

A Royal SPARK • Infamous for her breezy attitude toward her birthright, Princess Anne is having a new moment in the sun—just when her family needs her the most. As she turns 70, the queen’s only daughter opens up about family, duty, and a life lived in the Firm

Is the FORCE still with JACK DORSEY? • When investors came for Twitter’s cofounder—last of the superhero tech CEOs—luck, mojo, and the coronavirus gave him a last-minute reprieve. But can it last?

PALACE INTRIGUE • As 18TH-CENTURY RUSSIAN MONARCHS in the NEW MINISERIES THE GREAT, ELLE FANNING and NICHOLAS HOULT SPIN the PERIOD PIECE into a ROYAL ROMP. For V. F., THEY PLAY FRILL SEEKERS in a COURTLY FANTASY

Club Rules • When the commander in chief departs the White House, he’s typically welcomed into a close-knit brotherhood of former presidents. In an exclusive excerpt from her new book, Team of Five, KATE ANDERSEN BROWER reveals why Donald Trump will be left out of the world’s most elite fraternity

DESERT STORM • FEUDING ROYALS. A DEADLY PLANET. BEFORE STAR WARS OR GAME OF THRONES, THERE WAS DUNE. INSIDE THE NEW MOVIE BASED ON THE LEGENDARY NOVEL

Murder at Sutton Place • When the surrogate son—and alleged lover—of New York’s “jeweler to the stars” was involved in a brutal killing, some of the city’s rich and powerful were entangled in a tabloid drama of sex, drugs, and betrayal that landed three men behind bars. But what really happened the night...