Corbyn’s cunning plan
The British media has labelled anti-Semitism in the Labour Party a “scandal”. This seriously understates the problem
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Programmed poetry
"Every time I read of a new algorithm for producing a hit pop song, or software for writing a Man Booker-worthy novel, I know I’m in for a disappointment"
Be civil to siblings
"The government seems to have set itself on a course to discriminate against one minority group: cohabiting blood relatives"
Write on
What are the duties of the modern author? To tweet hourly, to Instagram daily, to podcast weekly, to pen a monthly TinyLetter
Enter the Professor, Putin’s Balkan stooge
The maverick movie director Emir Kusturica backs Russian expansionism in the Balkans
Debt and damnation: Islam in Dante
Edward Said accused the poet of Orientalist prejudice — but he owed much to Muslim tradition
Nationalism is not a dirty word
Nationalism has returned to the front pages. The Western intelligentsia is appalled. Should they be?
The road to redemption
Two zeitgeisty novels about belonging
Through the plashy fen
Stella Tillyard's novel The Great Level is a strange and elusive beast
Lasting legacy of an English idealist
Samuel Courtauld’s Impressionist paintings can now be seen beside those he bought for the nation
A la France profonde
Snails, wine and history in northern Burgundy