Raw and immersive tale of the Civil War
The siege of Basing House encompasses all of England in microcosm
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
Plagiarism: a racist weapon
It has been genuinely disturbing to see Claudine Gay ousted simply for being an empowered black woman
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
What makes a gentleman tick?
Of course, there are watches and there are watches, and then there are watches
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
