Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society

American conservatives and Polish liberals are both right about abortion law. It should be a matter for elected politicians, not Supreme Courts

Catholic catechism is one thing, but the beliefs of the more than a billion adherents are often something entirely different

Sacha Baron Cohen’s new Borat film is a flop

The Withdrawal Agreement seriously constrains a sovereign UK’s room for manoeuvre

This biography is a testament to detailed analysis and intelligent insight, says Alexander Larman

Paul du Quenoy reveals the unreported foreign investment in US universities

Greece survived the world’s worst post-2008 economic crisis and the heaviest refugee burden without yielding to far-right populism. Why?

Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem covers a gamut of moods, from pity to passion

What does the downfall of convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein mean for the UK’s dwindling film industry?