Lifestyle
Labouring unloved
In the West we’ve yet to make the acknowledgment that overwork can be deadly, says Katrina Gulliver
Let’s call it a wrap
Hannah Betts is hooked on the insouciance of a vast scarf
Finn noir
A Bergmanesque miasma of gloom hangs over every episode in this new Scandinavian thriller
The pleasures and the pain
Christopher North speaks to the fearless Andrés Roca Rey, Peru’s first bull fighting star
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
Homage to Andalucía
Inspired by Withnail and I, Christopher Pincher delves into fine sherry
Mystery of the lost Rembrandt
Michael Prodger tracks the story of a lost masterpiece
Not Justin time
Sarah Ditum says that the focus on Timberlake as a bad agent conveniently forgets the machine behind him
Rehabilitation of a great stylist
Christopher Bray thinks Roth’s “novelist’s autobiography” is one of his most fizzing examinations of the stories that construct our various selves
Losing the plot
Robert Thicknesse reveals how in searching for meaning, opera adaptations are becoming more obscure
Myth of Igor, the Great Composer
Norman Lebrecht says an affair with Coco Chanel did Stravinsky’s PR, and hers, no harm at all
The Trump administration’s parting blows
There is an ignoble history of outgoing administrations making things harder for their unwelcome successors – and Trump’s departure was no exception
Why are so many actors and filmmakers being cancelled?
From Kevin Spacey to Armie Hammer, why are those in Hollywood facing the axe of cancel culture more than ever before?
Could we ever have another English republic?
While republicanism currently remains an underground interest, there is a real risk it could grow once Charles assumes the throne
Who doesn’t want to be a millionaire?
Dominic Hilton contemplates the origins of his obsession with money
Mood music from the past
A confidential matter: the letters of Richard Strauss and Stefan Zweig, 1931-1935
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
China’s media empire
China’s leaders are growing impatient as they seek to shape world opinion
Good-bye to All Tat
The Donald, stolen from our hearts
The slab from the lab – is meat cultured from cells the future (or end) of farming?
The investor and author of Moo’s Law, Jim Mellon, talks to Graham Stewart about the coming agrarian revolution