Will Smith
Use your words, Will
The feminist fix: Smith’s rationale is too close for comfort for many survivors of domestic abuse
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
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
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Cheap at the price
Political donations are the highest grossing investments you’ll ever make
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Eerie decadence
“Blink Twice” accelerates from black comedy to dark drama