Ballet
Dancing with death
The rush to judge Liam Scarlett was cruel and unjust
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
How the cranks won
Britain’s ruling ideology is founded less on what elites believe than on who they fear
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
The dead-end art of conspiracy
Should art dissect conspiracy theories or immerse itself in them?
The slow vibe shift
Escaping our “post-cultural state” will not happen overnight
Under the volcano
As Sicilians say, Mamma Etna gives more than she takes away
The enduring fascination of Richard Nixon
Why America’s most contradictory president still exerts a strange grip on the political imagination.
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
From Newton to newts
Putting badgers on the banknotes may avoid controversy, but it also avoids saying anything meaningful about Britain at all
The limits of choice
Sometimes, we do know better than people who are harming themselves