Magazine
The road to nowhere: Israel tarmacs over peace with the Palestinians
Israel may, for now, have backed off from the outright annexation of Palestinian land it has occupied for half a century. But it is burying any hope for a negotiated peace in concrete and tarmac
What the British Empire did to us
Only by confronting our imperial past can society move on
Should a lawyer ever refuse to act in an unpleasant case?
Recent examples have brought an old legal and philosophical question back to the fore
No deal should trade away human rights
We need to return to an ethical foreign policy, making decisions based on what is good for the world, not just in the UK’s narrow interest
Why Sumption-sceptics should look again
The former Supreme Court judge turned lockdown critic has some sharp words on government overreach
Ishiguro’s AI tale for our times
‘Klara and the Sun’ is narrated by a robot who looks after a sick teenager. But the real drama is at the edge of the story
Emmanuel Macron promised a new French liberalism. Now he’s crushing it
He arrived as a clean slate for progressives to write their hopes on. Four years later he has set the stage for the Fifth Republic’s nastiest election ever
Is the stock market in a bubble? What investors need to know
Frothy markets in the US do not necessarily spell a crisis
The best classical and opera in the UK to stream this April
The Waste Land revisited, plus Isata Kanneh-Mason performs in Manchester
There is no justification for borders in normal times. Post-pandemic, let’s abolish them
Politics treats national boundaries as sacred. But these arbitrary lines do incalculable harm
Taxing more from the rich is difficult. This is how to do it
Well-intentioned proposals for a fairer system can fall at practical hurdles. But these two reforms really would help us repair a broken economy
The mind of God? The problem with deifying Stephen Hawking
A new biography argues the iconic physicist was shamelessly self-promoting and his reputation overrated