Chad
Front line dictator
What the death of Idriss Deby Itno in battle means for the fight against Islamic terrorism
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
The bastard son of democratic aestheticisation
How Donald Trump made populism funny
Dissertations and their discontents
PhD funding is a valid subject for debate but social media mobs are not the answer
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
