Features
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
The odd couple
Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene may have been unlike as possible, but they remained the closest of friends for four decades
Rosemary Sutcliff
A writer of genius, capable of conveying the feelings and lives of those who lived in the distant past
The first futurist
There is more to Daniel Defoe than Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe
The best we can hope for
Brilliant psychologist Daniel Kahneman died this year
The National Trust should act its age
Our main heritage conservation charity wants to be down with the kids
The future is blue
With Corbynite leadership and conservative members, Unite embodies Labour’s identity crisis
Would you trust PC Brother?
The use of unreliable facial recognition technology is growing without sufficient scrutiny or accountability
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
