Sovereignty
Linked but not combined
In sentiment – if not in its detail – the deal echoes Churchill’s vision for Britain and Europe
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
The generation game
Ultimately pro-natalist in tone, this book approaches millennial worries about parenthood with curiosity and kindness
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Let’s start a cat flap
Why do cute predators get a pass from conservationists?
How to win at Monopoly
Once you’ve amassed your empire, ruthlessness must be the name of the game
4B and the futility of heteropessimism
Romance is painful but it is also possible
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism