Heat Wave
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Pseudoscience exacerbates the burden of disease
Victims of ME deserve better than dopey Dragons and ear seeds
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
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Three novelists pushing the bloat out
Some novels still dare to leave the reader’s hand unheld — without universal success
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
There is no magic bullet for raising birth rates
A complex network of spiritual, cultural and economic factors underpin our fertility slump
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction