Possessions
Goodbye to all that stuff
We used to love filling our homes with possessions. Now, less is more — indeed, it’s everything
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Against rights radicalism
A noble cause has mutated into an obstructive and anti-democratic force
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The curious case of the “Gaylor” affair
Whatever the framing, the sexuality is the story
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
