Pablo Picasso
A life in miniature
‘Finding Dora Maar: An Artist, an Address Book, a Life’ is Brigitte Benkemoun’s discovery of the provenance of the address book and what it told her about the owner’s life
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Wearing shades
We plebs aren’t supposed to buy designer-influenced fast fashion anymore
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
A discordant song
Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics