JULY 15. 2025
He promised to end America’s wars abroad. Instead, he is starting one at home
Calleja is part of a new, very different generation of translators, as her experimental memoir makes clear
France used to revere its intellectuals – but the men moaning about ‘le wokisme’ are intellectual lightweights
The eccentric monarch’s fantastical Bavarian castles, once dismissed as kitsch, have finally gained Unesco World Heritage status
Eight years after his death, a reissue of Kitchen Confidential still burns with wit and rage
In the capital city’s abandoned temples and underpasses, Taiwan’s youth are reclaiming their space – and culture
In Gaza, Mahmoud once dreamed of finishing his studies and making a life for himself. Now he just dreams of survival
The American philosopher championed ideas that inspired the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr – as well as the protests of today
The creator and star of a new postwar drama talks literature, the second world war and unconventional Hollywood marriages
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Seventy-five years ago, western troops went into Korea and the 20th century’s forgotten war began. The brutality and suffering cost five million lives – and achieved almost nothing
Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news
A new proposal to restrict the use of trial by jury could fundamentally undermine the justice system
Though the word ‘swain’ may itself be obsolete in English today, there are still traces of it hanging around in our modern English language
She witnessed extreme horror. The photographs she took and the words she wrote both made and broke her
Bashing the capital has become a popular and lucrative hobby for a number of right wing figures
Extreme summer heat, driven by climate change, is putting off tourists and having a devastating effect on the Eternal City’s economy
The country’s food scene is generally underwhelming – but a city on the Caribbean coast is a vibrant hub of innovation and local pride
A mission to read the complete works in chronological order reveals unexpected joys and an antidote to theatrical woes
They created fleshy bulbous mounds, glistening protuberances, dark orifices – beauty was never their aim