China
Declining figures
British museums and galleries have yet to recover from Covid.
Facing the China question
What should, or can, be done about China’s power overseas?
Why Russia is still in business
Poor countries are focused on food and fuel, not black-listing Moscow over the Ukraine war
Something in the way Xi moves
We should engage the CCP instead of being intimidated
Between deterrence and escalation
The Chinese doom argument
Tick tock for TikTok
The platform is endangering young people
When the balloon goes up…
Can history teach us anything about growing Sino-American tension?
Serious choices
We must make them soon
Passion and percussion
Two tastes of Chinese culture in London
An anaconda in the chandelier?
Benedict Rogers’ new book maps the vast network of repression propped up by China’s regime
The enemy of the Civil Service is my friend
Conservatives should hope that Keir Starmer can weaken its grip on British policy
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
All gone to look for America
The show is a mishmash, in need of some pruning and a sharper edge
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
