Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
An uneasy peace amid the ruins
Four million citizens of Damascus remain uncertain of what the future will bring
Tony Blair is an extremist
He should have left public life long ago
Pretending obligatory is “voluntary”
There is no better way to destroy people’s independence and probity
It is time to cut pensions
The economic burden on younger people is unsustainable
Red tape and black markets
Prohibition is a criminal’s best friend
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
The right has a conspiracy problem
Conspiracies exist — but the temptation to use them as an all-purpose explanation is wrongheaded
Awards ceremonies are erasing women
Biological males should not receive awards intended for women
Why 1776 matters to modern Britain
The American founding is a case study in peaceful regime change
Heart of darkness
Alexander Adams encounters an unflinching master of sex and death in Vienna
Critical briefing: the Chişinău Declaration
Why the Chişinău Declaration is more of a symbolic gesture than a chance for real reform