Section: Essay

Total Results: 1016


Obama watches over himself like a father observing a high-achieving son. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images
August 2, 2021

Barack Obama was a false hope Did the self-satisfied president lay the path for Trumpism?

Justin Webb

Friday
30.07

30.07

Britain’s criminal approach to drugs As addiction and fatality figures surge, Portugal may hold the solution

Ian Birrell

Thursday
29.07

29.07

The dangers of Twitter Sometimes death threats do come true

Jenny McCartney

Wednesday
28.07

28.07

We’ve followed Alice down the rabbit hole Something nasty has happened to children's storytelling in the years since Disney's fantasy

Mary Harrington

Monday
26.07

26.07

Why we love to hate Imagine John Lennon's nakedly idealist hymn is easy to deride

Dorian Lynskey

Saturday
24.07

24.07

Eco-fascism is our future The Green movement will become an all-consuming empire

Paul Kingsnorth

Friday
23.07

23.07

The Olympics deserve better heroes Today's athletes have nothing on the ancients

Tom Holland

Thursday
22.07

22.07

What toffs and plebs share Class becomes meaningless when you are at its extremes

Ed West

Wednesday
21.07

21.07

Nightclubs won’t save you Rave culture has given way to authoritarianism

Mary Harrington

Monday
19.07

19.07

Are we free on Freedom Day? Liberalism was always going to be useless in a pandemic

Ed West

Friday
16.07

16.07

How Christianity kills itself The death of Anglicanism is not the end of this country's religious story

Tomiwa Owolade

Thursday
15.07

15.07

Some politicians deserve to be mocked Unfortunately, satirists are the crack troops of the New Puritanism

Giles Fraser