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Kafka’s goodbye to Berlin
Franz Kafka found peace in the German capital. It wasn't to last long.
Malcolm Forbes
February 15, 2024
Notebooks
Notebooks are snapshots from our writers, reflecting on current affairs and underappreciated aspects of culture and history.
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Going it alone
It is the tension between lived experience and potentially thrilling dramatic invention that makes the one-person show such a potent and electrifying means of entertainment.
Alexander Larman
February 14, 2024
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All hail the mandarin collar
The mandarin collar proves that simplicity really is the ultimate form of sophistication. It is to men’s fashion what Hemingway’s prose is to literature: lean, spare, lethally effi..
Theo Zenou
February 12, 2024
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Why Zelenskyy fired Zaluzhnyi
The Ukrainian president will be hoping that just as his selection of Valerii Zaluzhnyi as commander-in-chief in 2021 helped save Ukraine in 2022, the selection of Oleksandr Syrskyi..
Mick Ryan
February 9, 2024
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Cinematic journeys in old-time Finland
In Aki Kaurismäki’s constructed reality, Finland's Old World is not only remembered but also, beguilingly, regenerated.
Muriel Zagha
February 7, 2024
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The conflict between states and the US federal government is nothing new
A controversial legal theory known as 'nullification', as old as the US constitution itself, lies at the heart of an ongoing battle between Texas and the federal government over th..
Angus Brown
February 5, 2024
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Neuralink and Elon Musk’s quest to own the future
Elon Musk's new brain implant, Neuralink, has been sold as a way of helping people with various ailments and disabilities. But is he moving too fast?
Bryan Appleyard
February 2, 2024
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How numbers came to Europe
The modern use of numbers is the result of a complex process that can be traced back to the ancient Near East, via India and the Arab world.
Mark Ronan
February 1, 2024
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Truman Capote’s next act
Truman Capote often seemed more comfortable pretending to be characters rather than being himself. Recent television and film portrayals, however, mean he can now be assessed cooll..
Alexander Larman
January 31, 2024