Travel
In defence of package holidays
Uno beero por favor!
Like Wotan driving the storm
What it’s like to fulfil a boyhood dream on the footplate of a classic steam locomotive
Studio: The 2022 Venice Biennale
Cecilia Alemani has produced an exceptionally intelligent and delightful Biennale
A bitter brew from darkest Peru
Iain Sinclair on the trail of his Victorian ancestor
Revolutions and revelations
An epic bike ride from London to Tehran sheds light on links between the East and West
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
The chance introduction that led to some extraordinary evenings with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Too woke to travel write?
Perhaps a little less introspection will see a renaissance of the troubled genre
Imaginary country
The land of Morbia was revealed to me in a dream
Going nowhere
Covid-19 travel laws “may change with little warning”, so why plan ahead?
Where in the world
In the post-pandemic world, travel is all in the mind
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Spotify Wrapped is good for the soul
On the joys of exploring a year in music
Advertisements for themselves
Michael Craig-Martin and the sad afterlife of conceptual art
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
