Albert Einstein
Time flies, relatively speaking
The older you are, the quicker you count out a minute
Liam O’Connor’s British Normandy Memorial
Architect Liam O’Connor’s design of the memorial in Green Park, London
Jane Austen’s social and political world
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about Jane Austen and the social and political world she inhabited
A time to keep silence and time to speak
Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news
Front line dictator
What the death of Idriss Deby Itno in battle means for the fight against Islamic terrorism
The problems with Labour mythology
With Labour again promising to talk in a language that the voters can understand, a new book asks whether the party’s historical myths are the problem
Letter from Washington: The trouble with equity
The Biden administration is all-in on equity
The ring master
Bullfighting was a lifelong fascination for Francis Bacon and played an increasingly important role in his work, his high-risk approach matching that of the matador
Spare us easy satire
Satire is supposed to be the unsayable, not virtue-signalling two-bit doggerel
London’s councils are destroying their communities
In the run-up to London’s mayoral and local elections on 6 May, who will deliver on the promise to save the capital’s landmarks?
Make a bonfire of Dr Seuss
Titania McGrath on how book burning is the only way to defeat fascism