Critical thinking
Conservatism: the longest view
Nationalists might appear to be routing Tory liberals. But it’s just the continuation of a centuries-long struggle between two tribes
What it's like to be... a pigeon
They have a bad reputation. But these “rats of the sky” have remarkable skills far beyond human comprehension
How Adam Curtis gets into your head
The filmmaker talks about tyranny, the limitations of progressive politics, and myth of England
Palmyra and the myth of civilisation
Dividing the world into the civilised and the barbarians is no way to understand Syria’s tragedy
The beastly return of Francis Bacon
The artist's distorted, visceral figures expose humanity’s animal nature
The rise of the internet novel
Patricia Lockwood and Lauren Oyler’s new novels grapple with the pathologies and pleasures of the internet—and remind us of the profound importance of life away from the screen
How I mastered the art of cloud-reading—and learned to see the future
Think of clouds as the original sky writing. A snapshot tells you little—it’s all to do with the pattern in which they appear
Jean van Heijenoort is one of the strangest philosophers you’ve never heard of
Until his sticky end in Mexico City, “Comrade Van” lived a chaotic and colourful life—one that contrasts with the orderly logical theories with which his name is still linked
What graveyards tell us about how we live now
The pandemic may have increased the demand for cemeteries, but it has also re-established their rightful role as theatres of life, as well as mourning
Why Barack Obama did fulfil his promise
Obama's instinctive patriotism shines through in the first volume of his memoirs
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