Culture
Why "How Do You Cope...?" is a mental health podcast actually done right
Plus: Why you should be listening to The Slowdown and Ctrl Alt Delete
Countdown, and the joy of the basic horror film
It's a film about an app that tells you when you're going to die. By rights, it should be awful. And yet...
Good, but: in praise of the mediocre review
Artists, and their fans, who hit out at mixed reviews misunderstand the value of critical ambivalence
James Robinson: “everywhere people are interested in liberty”
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
Bury FC's demise reminds us football isn't just about football—it's about a whole culture
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
In praise of true diversity: privilege the individual, not the group
The diversity debate has lost sight of the fact that communities are made up of members who themselves may be very different
Local radio is dying—taking local culture with it
Stations are being closed down and community voices are gradually being erased
Clive James on the healing power of George Herbert's poems—and the absurdity of Bodyguard
After an operation, I lounge around with my face in a sling, contemplating eternity
Why are we suddenly so interested in women scammers?
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
Caroline Flint: come to where the rich life is
The part of Britain whose best days lie ahead
What a gloriously offbeat social experiment in China can tell us about the human psyche
Northern and southern Chinese think differently—and the reason goes back centuries
Men's mental health is at risk—could reading more fiction help?
As charities warn of a crisis in men's health, building empathy among men of all ages is more crucial than ever. One way to do that? Reading fiction