Lines in England’s unofficial national anthem confused contemporaries and we are not faring much better

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It's a film about an app that tells you when you're going to die. By rights, it should be awful. And yet...

Artists, and their fans, who hit out at mixed reviews misunderstand the value of critical ambivalence

The co-author of Why Nations Fail is back with a far-reaching interrogation of the roles of the state, society, and the conditions required for freedom

It's easy to be snobby about the national pastime. But in bringing together communities, the sport is every bit as important as traditional culture such as art, theatre and classical concerts

The diversity debate has lost sight of the fact that communities are made up of members who themselves may be very different

Stations are being closed down and community voices are gradually being erased

After an operation, I lounge around with my face in a sling, contemplating eternity

Figures like Elizabeth Holmes and "fake heiress" Anna Delvey do more than offer a good scam story—they open up a whole new way of thinking about young women's relationship to capital

The part of Britain whose best days lie ahead

Northern and southern Chinese think differently—and the reason goes back centuries