Calcutta
Murders for the end of September
Four mysteries, three successes, two surprises and one flop
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
The Critic
No they haven’t put the mag on the silver screen just yet, but its still worth watching
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
The state Will Hutton is in
Dissecting a spiteful attack on British farmers
