American Culture
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Donald Trump is a wake-up call for Europe
We cannot complacently depend on the US
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Max Grubb
Resentful Academic
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
