Alain de Botton
Weekends à la mode
Living Architecture is opening minds and changing taste
Rock as ritual
Just as Taylor has nailed the emotional lexicon of her people, Finn has nailed it for his
March 2024: Letters to the Editor
Record-setting sons and founding fathers
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
PMQs of the Apes
You Maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
Brexit and the dubious doppelgangers
Doppelganger models are an unreliable guide to how Britain would have looked had Brexit never happened
Truss alone
Young Liz was accidentally left in charge of the country, only to be menaced by the worst sort of criminals: Tory MPs
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
