Finance
Pensions or the planet?
Fund managers are torn between maximising clients’ savings and saving the Earth
Bursting the bubbles
Surely it would be better for economies if the markets were to run on a more even keel?
The sword of justice cuts both ways
Unexplained Wealth Orders reverse the burden of proof
Nazi blueprint for postwar integration
How Walther Funk’s 1940 memo predicted the rise of the European Union
Wild ride for the Bitcoin billionaires
Cryptocurrencies have gone from geek heaven to serious business
Killing with kindness
“Be kind” culture has abandoned adolescent girls
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
The campaign against National Conservatism is a disgrace
A peaceful conference is facing state and activist intimidation
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
A cut above
Above all is the quietude, broken only by the snipping chatter of several scissors
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
The final lap
Senna dives into the high-speed Tamburello corner and never comes out of it
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
