Arts & Books
Why Ed Miliband still finds reasons to be cheerful
The former Labour leader outlines the big ideas that could really change the world
The best classical and opera in the UK this July
The BBC Proms return, plus an opera deemed "too bawdy" for the public returns to Buxton Opera House
Rachel Cusk’s imitation game
Of all the novelists writing autofictional narratives, Cusk is the most original and interesting
Why Jacqueline Rose wants you to embrace the unknown
The feminist thinker on the violence we ignore in everyday life—especially against women—and why we need to plumb the depths of our disordered minds to stop it
Two minutes to midnight: how humanity copes with disaster
Fears of an imminent apocalypse have haunted our imaginations for millennia
Mind over matter: the contradictions of George Berkeley
He did not believe in the existence of the material world. But the 17th-century philosopher’s arguments are less radical than they seem
Are we seeing the end of the comedy film?
The golden era of comedy movies has passed. Is the internet to blame?
The best art exhibitions in the UK this June
David Hockney celebrates Spring—and the radical design of Charlotte Perriand
Bob Dylan at 80: Why “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” is his greatest protest song
The singer-songwriter shows anger at the racist killer—and empathy for the innocent victim
What Hannah Arendt knew about love
The celebrated thinker once wrote that love was the most antipolitical of forces—but she also believed it had the power to change the world
The surprising story of Indian classical music
Novelist and musician Amit Chaudhuri leads us towards a different way of hearing and playing
The best theatre in the UK this June
Ian McKellen returns as Hamlet—plus the family drama of Johann Sebastian Bach