Gym
In arcadia ego
Finite life and Infinite Jest
Pumping irony
Nick Cohen says you don’t need to join a gym to get fit
Dylan Mulvaney did not share our girlhood
His bizarre parody of the female experience is grossly offensive
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
How to destroy football
“Blue cards” will only add to the confusion and subjective rulings we’re now seeing
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
NatCon lives on
The conference has gone ahead in Brussels despite protests and police action
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
