18 Jul 2026 - 1:00am

What ‘Pride’ tells us about progressive prejudice The musical highlights our broken social bonds

David Littlefair

20.06

The Cambridge Five: England’s Übermenschen Stalin’s Apostles destroyed the old establishment

John Banville

27.02

Why scientists should read more poetry Consciousness isn’t quantifiable

Kathleen Stock

06.10

The humiliation of PG Wodehouse His genius can’t be reduced to IP

Sam Leith

19.08

Why did Hollywood ignore a Turkish delight? ‘About Dry Grasses’ is seriously seductive

Geoff Dyer

26.10

Why Wes Anderson loves the New Yorker The French Dispatch is an ode to the most fetishised magazine in the world

Dorian Lynskey

18.05

Your gym routine is worthless Our obsession with exercise shows a depressing lack of aspiration

Lionel Shriver