Zahir Shah
Could monarchy have saved Afghanistan?
America’s republican prejudices stopped them from restoring a unifying king
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
Rite of autumn
Labour is celebrating the harvest and definitely not sacrificing pensioners in the hopes that the gods grant us plenty in the coming fiscal year
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Autumn Reeves
It was a grim budget — but was it a necessary one?
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Black holes and revelations
Keir Starmer has detected a previously unknown budgetary singularity from whose gravity no tax cuts can escape
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
