Michael Collins maps the relationship between two of the greatest writers of the American south

Musa Okwonga’s memoir about his time at Eton is a confused account of having access to everywhere but belonging nowhere

The UK Government’s reluctance to acknowledge Iran’s hostility shows the bizarre lengths to which countries must now go to appease Iran

There are no dominoes to fall in Afghanistan

Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about military monarchs

The culture war is not left against right, but the US against everyone else

In a better world, the Journal of Controversial Ideas wouldn’t need to exist

It’s grim down south

James Snell reports on the deployment of British Troops in Mali as a part of the UN’s mission to counter jihadist groups

Oliver Wiseman speaks to Jesse Singal about how bad ideas spread so easily and why the psychological cures to our social ills should be taken with a spoonful of salt