Shamima Begum
We need to forgive Shamima Begum
An ISIS bride calls Christianity’s bluff
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
You can’t judge a book by its cover
All novels should be like this: stripped of the necessary but boring connective tissue
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines