Roger Federer
Simply the best
It is not just trophies and success that mark out Federer, but grace, personality and charm
A shapeless, moving, end in itself
So entropic is Geoff Dyer’s latest that the reader seeks desperately for structure
Those we love, and those we love to hate
Sweet dreams are made of this
A passage to Istria
Long nights and grey days turn our correspondent’s mind to the Croatian coast
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Queen of Hearts
Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Scratches in the stonework of history
A new history of graffiti and rebellion is less light and bawdy than one may have expected
Why this new book will pass unnoticed
Columnist Steve Sailer’s views on genetics and IQ have placed him beyond the pale for bien pensant reviewers
