Giovanni Pico della Mirandola
Could it be magic?
Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa by Anthony Grafton
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Doom and bloom
Live woke and die
Kemi Badenoch won’t save the Conservatives
Her radical credentials are based on pure PR
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Carole Cadwalladr’s conspiracy theory
The feverish paranoia obscures valid questions
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Brutalist beauties
These monstrosities were imposed on the population, not desired
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
