06/10/2024 - 1:01am

The vacuous politics of Franz Kafka His books were about daddy issues not despots

Pratinav Anil

07.06

Eminem has lost his superpower In 'Houdini', his jabs at outrage feel like feints

Sarah Ditum

30.05

Don’t be terrified of Pale Fire Nabokov's masterpiece has a complex but huge heart

Mary Gaitskill

30.05

The night I conquered Berghain Berlin's psyche breeds a perfect party

Lias Saoudi

28.05

Ridicule is nothing to be scared of Making a joke can be an act of love

Marilyn Simon

22.05

John Betjeman had the last laugh Forty years after his death, he still wields influence

Jonathan Glancey

18.05

Britain’s forgotten Battle of the Beaches Cultural tribalism has lost its cool

Alwyn Turner

17.05

Did success ruin Quentin Tarantino? Filmmakers should quit while they're ahead

Tom Shone

11.05

How Eurovision became a carnival of nationalism What happens when you mix chauvinism with continental camp?

Aris Roussinos

10.05

The night Taylor Swift conquered Europe The all-American Venus is keeping mass culture alive

Josiah Gogarty

06.05

The Met Gala is a Ballardian nightmare The fashion aristocracy have made their own dystopia

Mark Blacklock

06.05

Can Challengers make sex hot again? Gen Z are alienated from true eroticism

Kat Rosenfield