Archives
Big questions, muddled answers
Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas
Who are friends to judge us?
It turns out the system was wrong, we now discover
Good news clickbait
Cleo Smith has been found, just rejoice at that news
The abandoned middle
The chancellor’s budget fails to take the side of ordinary people
Egotist ergo sum
Just stage Cyrano with a great actor breaking wind in a corner, and we’ll all be happy
Jumbo soars in uneven Hamlet
Anne McElvoy gives kudos to Cush Jumbo, who has a star’s ability to rise above the inadequacies and shine bright
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
Chip race with China
China’s purchase of Newport Wafer Fab follows a strategy to control high-tech supply chains. Does our Government grasp the danger?
Cancelling Terry Gilliam (again)
Gilliam is now 80, and seems as cheerily intent on causing trouble and controversy as ever
Bezos’s sub-prime delivery
One is a billionaire with visions of conquering space — the other is Hugo Drax