Section: Spotlight

What Dungeons and Dragons taught me about politics

BY James Kirkup / 5 mins

How offensive is Edinburgh Festival?

BY Joan Smith / 5 mins

Is this the world’s worst dictator?

BY Daniel Kalder / 7 mins

Who are Lebanon’s real friends?

BY James Barr / 6 mins

Could a comedian topple Macron?

BY John Lichfield / 6 mins

The drawbacks of Japan’s cult of peace

BY Eri Hotta / 5 mins

Let them eat prawn cocktail crisps

BY Diane Purkiss / 5 mins

How white radicals hijacked Portland’s protests

BY Michael Tracey / 6 mins

France’s African forever war

BY John Lewis-Stempel / 6 mins

Happy birthday, Baghdad, wonder of the world

BY Justin Marozzi / 6 mins

Is QAnon on the brink of power in America?

BY Travis View / 5 mins

Is Putin loosening his grip on Russia’s regions?

BY Mary Dejevsky / 7 mins