E.H. Carr
The story of the people, by the people
What is History, Now? offers a passionate defence of the pluralism of historical study
Artwashing
Lisa Hilton at the Venice Biennale
Ukraine’s patriotic master
The painter Ilya Repin straddled both Ukrainian and Russian cultures
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
Being Boris
Johnson still expects Tory MPs to love him
Back to the 70s? If only…
Britain is in far worse trouble than we were 40 years ago
The unstoppable rise of geek culture
The cult of Elon Musk reveals some horrible truths about our non-virtual world
Newly-minted mission statements
The Brexit coin takes bogus aspiration as part-ambition, part-accomplishment
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
Childhood’s end
A medical vanguard aims to arm children against their own nature
The Great Vladsby
Like Gatsby, Putin’s self-destructive nostalgia will be his undoing
Women’s rights shouldn’t be up for debate
MPs need to stop questioning the rights of biological women