July 31, 2020
Harry Potter fans need to grow up The Boy Who Lived is 40 today, but the books' binary worldview of goodies and baddies hasn't aged well
Sam Leith
31.07
France’s African forever war The country has been fighting jihadis in the Sahel for six long years — and there's no end in sight
John Lewis-Stempel
30.07
Why it’s time to take ‘wokeness’ seriously Rationalism is starting to look a bit cringe, and faith is making a comeback
Mary Harrington
30.07
Will America ever be great again? Even if it wins this year, the Left seems incapable of bringing the country together
Justin Webb
30.07
Church philistines have got high culture all wrong Whatever Sheffield Cathedral thinks, beautiful choral music is not elitist. It's how we approach the divine
Giles Fraser
30.07
Happy birthday, Baghdad, wonder of the world The city, founded 1,258 years ago today, was once an intellectual and cultural centre like no other
Justin Marozzi
29.07
The truth about vaccines Why is one of the most effective medical interventions known to humanity regarded with such mistrust?
Stuart Ritchie
29.07
Why the Government’s diet won’t work Tackling overeating is far more complicated than just telling people to make better choices
James Bloodworth
29.07
Is QAnon on the brink of power in America? Devotees of the cultish pro-Trump conspiracy theory are on the ballot for the US elections
Travis View
29.07
How Europe’s Last Dictator survived Belarus's Alexander Lukashenko has avoided the fate of other ex-Soviet bosses
Daniel Kalder
28.07
From Covid to crime: how media hype distorts risk The pandemic has forced everyone to undertake a high-stakes crash course in statistics — including journalists
Tom Chivers
28.07
Why the best bands are dictatorships Democracies and music don't mix — as the success of Talking Heads and Wu-Tang Clan proved
Richard Godwin
