February 23, 2026

Why myths can save humanity Old stories fill our lives with dignity

Martin Shaw

16.02

Who killed the English eccentric? Our Americanized culture can’t tolerate oddness

Jack Burke

06.02

How Milan sold its soul Old elites are no match for new money

Andrea Valentino

26.12

On Bonnie Blue and Roger Scruton We have stripped sex of enchantment

Kathleen Stock

01.12

Tom Stoppard’s anti-political art He refused to sacrifice his art for politics

John Maier

19.11

Let’s talk about Ariana Grande’s body She represents an ideal of adulthood

Sarah Ditum

29.10

‘Bugonia’ captures American paranoia The film reflects an irrational new world

Frederick Kaufman

22.10

Film buffs are Frankenstein's real monsters Cinema doesn’t need to be serious

Poppy Sowerby

30.09

Should we re-moralize art? There’s no soul in galleries

Mary Harrington

29.09

How American privacy died The internet is just a scapegoat

Tiffany Jenkins

29.09

Literary biographies are on life support Who cares about Tennyson today?

Boyd Tonkin

27.09

Is Guinness really Irish? An Anglo elite once ruled Dublin

Alexander Poots