Gentrification
Old and new
Regenerating existing neighbourhoods vs. attracting international attention: the two most prominent current approaches to urban planning
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Against stakeholderism
How ideas like “citizens’ assemblies” threaten democracy and effective policy-making
Deer prudence
It’s time for a change of attitude to wild British venison
Scarlet Blake is a man
Indulging the fantasies of violent criminals is endangering women
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
The new Ottomans
The fall and rise of Istanbul under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
A Freudian slip
Was Golden Age Vienna the birthplace of the modern mind?
