Ben Okri: Brexit is Iago’s paradise
Politicians have become Iago figures, using passion and rhetoric to drown out the Othellos. Justice and civil rights are being rubbed out…
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Hilary Mantel: The Tories will never confess to their social wrecking agenda. Labour should make them
Leavers didn’t vote for a malfunctioning, degraded state, but it’s what they’ve got.
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Robert Harris: Some of our great political leaders have crossed the floor. But it takes courage
Jeremy Corbyn is the very opposite of the man the times call for – so progressive politicians need to find new…
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What do you want from an opposition?
We asked politicians, cultural figures and activists the burning question for our special issue.
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The battle for the soul of British Islam
Three new books reflect on the complexities, and challenges, faced by Muslims in Britain.
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Drama without sensation: A Separation is an unsettling novel of distances
In Katie Kitamura’s novel, it is the distance between the narrator’s two selves that causes her most discomfort.
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“In America nobody cares what writers think about anything”: Paul Auster on art, life and Donald Trump
The cult author speaks on the sudden rebirth of American activism and writing “the book of his life”.
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Everything is illuminated: Rowan Williams on the art and faith of David Jones
Haunted by his time in the trenches and disturbed by the modern marketplace, Jones formed a world-view full of symbols…
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