Anne Applebaum
A flawed analysis on the rise of transnational authoritarianism
György Schöpflin on Anne Applebaum’s Twilight of Democracy
The surprising scale of educational inequality
Rakib’s Britain: Why have working-class white boys fallen behind?
Getting wrecked
Dame Ethel Smyth’s opera dated quickly, but it hardly hurts to have another look at it
What is good in life, Theresa?
All good things come to an end; and Boris too
Not doing God
The political perils of secularisation
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
Messi to Aston Villa?
The joyous anarchy of football transfer gossip
The truth about the Grand Mufti’s visit to the UK
Shakwi Allam speaks the language of religious pluralism to western audiences, but sanctions persecution within Egypt
Red meat week?
Boris Johnson is reduced to conducting his publicity tours in secret
Free trade ain’t free
Who’s afraid of protectionism?
Inadequately in office
Are there any Tories in the Tory party?
In praise of women’s football
Don’t let the FA score an own goal by letting transwomen into women’s sports