A profile of the prime minister.

The author tells the story of his kidnapping by militants in Syria.

“We can conclude at least two things with certainty about the tenants of One Hyde Park: they are extremely wealthy, and most of them don’t want you to know who they are and how they got their money.”

The diarist and photographer Peter Beard, known both for his series documenting a mass elephant starvation and for discovering the supermodel Iman on a Nairobi street, reflects on his life of “drugs, debt, and beautiful women” while recovering from being trampled by an elephant.

A profile of Michael Huffington.

The making of Pulp Fiction.

On the actors who unwittingly starred in The Innocence of Muslims.

Dan Akroyd, John Belushi, cocaine, and the making of The Blues Brothers.

Their partnership lasted a mere four years, but transformed comedy forever. Mike Nichols and Elaine may give their first joint interview since breaking up 51 years ago.

A profile of Martin Short.

An oral history of Freaks and Geeks.

Looking for answers following a mysterious string of slayings and suicides at the base.

Life in the French Foreign Legion.

How Barack Obama decided to green-light the operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

How a couple made millions on uncanny forgeries.

Separated from his older brother at a train, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. In his 20s, living in Australia, he began his search for his birth home armed with nothing but hazy memories and Google Earth.

Scientology’s stronghold on Tom Cruise’s dating life.

Unprecedented access to six months in the life of the President of the United States.

Did a handsome young Green Beret doctor kill his pregnant wife and two daughters? Or, as he claims, did a group of candle-carrying hippies carry out a vicious home invasion while chanting “Acid is groovy, kill the pigs”? A mystery that spanned three decades.

The spiritual union of Johnny Cash and Rick Rubin.

The curious case of SpongeBob SquarePants illustrator Todd White, three ninjas, and an art caper.

The people behind San Francisco’s Summer of Love.

The man who made millions selling counterfeit wines.

The wealthy widow of an East Bay newspaper baron, her cowboy fantasy man, and the drowning nobody could solve.