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Writers

Lauren Collins

Food Media

Alison Roman Just Can’t Help Herself

A food-world star’s method and mess.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Dec 2021 Permalink

Health

Reinventing Grief in an Era of Enforced Isolation

On long-distance grief.

Lauren Collins New Yorker May 2020 15min Permalink

Health

Living Proof

Is the oldest person who ever lived a fraud?

Lauren Collins The New Yorker Feb 2020 35min Permalink

Movies & TV

The World According to Phoebe Waller-Bridge

A profile of the writer and star of Fleabag.

Lauren Collins Vogue Nov 2019 20min Permalink

Arts

The Killer-Nanny Novel That Conquered France

Leïla Slimani’s best-seller explores the dark relationship of a mother and her babysitter.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Dec 2017 30min Permalink

Arts Media

Man on the Street

A profile of photographer Bill Cunningham.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Mar 2009 15min Permalink

Arts

Who's to Judge?

The ridiculousness of trying to rank the best restaurants in the world.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Oct 2015 25min Permalink

Crime World

The Spy Who Loved Me

In 1984, Jacqui met Bob Lambert at an animal-rights protest. They fell in love, had a son. Then Bob disappeared. It would take 25 years for Jacqui to learn that he had been working undercover.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Aug 2014 35min Permalink

Sports

The Third Man

A profile of Novak Djokovic.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Sep 2013 35min Permalink

Arts

Pixel Perfect

A profile of the world’s top photo retoucher, who typically can retouch over 100 images in a single issue of Vogue.

Lauren Collins New Yorker May 2008 25min Permalink

Arts Food

Fire-Eaters

The search for the hottest chili.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Nov 2013 25min Permalink

Arts Business Politics World Movies & TV

L’Étranger

France, wealth and the saga of tax exile Gérard Depardieu.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Feb 2013 25min Permalink

World

Mail Supremacy

On the Daily Mail’s dominance of England.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Mar 2012 35min Permalink

Media

The Oracle

A profile of Arianna Huffington.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Oct 2008 40min Permalink

Arts Food

Burger Queen

A profile of April Bloomfield, chef at The Spotted Pig.

Lauren Collins New Yorker Nov 2010 35min Permalink