Democratic Primary
In search of authenticity
Louis Amis goes to Vegas ahead of the Nevada caucus
Why Iowa will haunt the Democrats
America’s progressive party is stuck inside a meme that has gone viral — and for all the wrong reasons
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
We have to wake up on defence
Britain cannot act as if war will never come
Vibe supremacy
The right has a coolness problem, and Ben Shapiro rapping is not going to help
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Behind the sofa government
Current Tory strategy consists in hiding and hoping the voters don’t notice the mess
Brussels, capital city of Surrealism
In Brussels, Surrealism lurks in the most unexpected places