Public Opinion
Immigration is still the elephant in the room
Violence is appalling, yet we have to understand the conditions from which it emerged
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Why Trump triumphed
The Democrats had too many self-inflicted disadvantages to overcome
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Britain should get serious about organised crime
We underestimate how much crime is the work of small, nasty groups of people
Take a bow
This season’s must-have neckwear is a sartorial two-fingered salute to life
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Gifted children
How does one wrap a bank transfer?
