Amateur Addicts
Why do people become obsessed with chess? And why does "competitive spirit" sometimes result in less-than-gentlemanly behaviour?
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Apocalypse Then
John Martin was celebrated in life yet disregarded in death. A new show aims to resurrect him
Exposed: Carnita’s Cover Story
A ticket for a burqa-clad driver in Sydney became a national controversy and reopened the debate about multiculturalism
They’ll Always Have Paris
Cynthia Ozick's intricate and artful new novel Foreign Bodies echoes the majesty of Henry James's late period