Abusing Jews
Fashion should not forgive outbursts of fascism at Dior
Airtime To Fill
Twenty-four-hour news coverage should have ushered in a new age of investigative, in-depth journalism. Instead, it’s banal, repetitive and slack
Upwardly Immobile
The best way to give working-class children a better chance in life is to offer education vouchers
‘Living Wills’ Leave Patients to Die
“When in doubt, treat” used to be the rule for doctors. Not any more A young woman arrives by ambulance at A&E, having taken an overdose. It’s a routine event, with what —
The Ascent of Man
Are humans just the most complex of molecular machines or something qualitatively different?
The heroes who came up with zero
‘Arabic’ numerals came to Europe from India — but ancient Sumerians invented them
Desperately Needing Susan
The Royal Institution has made a huge mistake by sacking its media-friendly director
Bent’s Beautiful Mistress
The Magnus Carlsen phenomenon has a precedent: that of the marauding Viking, Bent Larsen
The Mind’s Eye
The mysterious phenomenon of aphantasia
The Art of the 64 Squares
While not all artists are chess players, all chess players are artists. So said Marcel Duchamp, a mean player himself