Marie Antoinette
Let them eat filberts
The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant
Being the girl in the green jumper
Cyril Mann’s muse, Renske Mann, rescues the artist from forgotten obscurity
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Celebrating the cycle of life
The universal realities of life, love and death are at the core of the strength of the monarchy
Rodent utopia
Dropping out of the rat race
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage
Right requires Might
Rules mean nothing without the means to enforce them
Who is feminism for?
A controversial new book argues that gender-critical feminism is bigger than the trans debate
“No-fault” divorce undermines marriage
Why is the government making it easier to break up families?
How do you solve a problem like memoir?
A new book by Melissa Febos gets right to the heart of the genre
War of attrition
The conflict in Ukraine may yet end in stalemate
Too dangerous to live with
There’s no realist case for the lurking risk of nuclear armageddon