Vatican
When the populist meets the Pope
Javier Milei and Pope Francis represent very different and often hostile elements of Argentinian cultural life
America will be fine
The American system is far more resilient than it looks
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
Keir’s comms catastrophe
Labour’s goal is clear but its messaging is anything but
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
