Pain and glory
Roger Waters’ last stand in Madrid
Sharp dressed man
Nick Cave sounds as good as ever
Rolling back into town
The world’s greatest band return to Liverpool — do they still have it?
This town ain’t big enough for the both of us
Crisis and continuity in the Spanish right
At the hands of Argentina’s “kidnapper-in-chief”
This personal history of the Falklands War brings new details to light
Fairgrounds, Franco, and the future of Spain
An author challenges her nation’s collective and individual self-deceptions
The ring master
Bullfighting was a lifelong fascination for Francis Bacon and played an increasingly important role in his work, his high-risk approach matching that of the matador
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
The meaningless models of “public health”
Another brick in the “public health” fortress of unreality
The reality of tobacco control
To have a law does not mean that it will be respected
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
The quaintness of the campaign against public schools
The abuse was terrible but its relevance to modern politics is dubious
