Yanis Varoufakis Q&A: “My despondencies have become a source of energy“
The economist talks “Stairway to Heaven”, game theory, and how to make good predictions.
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Russia’s century of revolutions
All players must be considered equal before God – and before the manager
The old adage in football is that the strength of a team is in its weakest link.
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Hull may be City of Culture, but it’s still the sceptical place that helped form me
At the foot of the steps is a Hollywood star bearing my name. Well, a Hullywood star.
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I made the mistake of dancing, which is like spraying myself with woman-repellent
I was amazed by Edinburgh but I have little memory of it.
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The real reason behind my prejudice against certain drinks
While the mind has an eye, it lacks a nose.
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St Vincent’s Masseduction is spangled with ethereal moments
After ten years and five albums, Annie Clark’s music only expands in scope and ambition.
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Heisenberg and The Seagull: two new Simon Stephens plays go head to head
One of them is filled with speeches about what makes great theatre.
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Living with the Gods is 15 minutes of belief, ceremony and ritual
Neil MacGregor’s new Radio 4 series runs counter to everything that television now does.
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George Michael’s Freedom: if only the film had more depth and grit
Where we could have done with a Simon Reynolds-style figure, we made do with a nodding Mark Ronson.
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The Death of Stalin is The Thick of It in Communist Party clothing
Armando Iannucci’s film uses visual grandeur to heighten the petty, scabrous humour.
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Ghostwatch: the Halloween hoax that changed the language of television
Twenty-five years ago a one-off show, inspired by the first flickers of fake news, terrified a generation. The BBC quickly…
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In much of Jennifer Egan’s Manhattan Beach, feelings come second place to facts
The follow-up to A Visit from the Goon Squad is a research project first and a novel second.
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Francis Spufford dances rings around the buzzwords of “post-truth” and “fake news”
In True Stories & Other Essays, pop culture references sit alongside more conventionally intellectual vocabulary.
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Tara Bergin’s poetry is a perfect guide to these frightened, frightening times
The NS reviews Bergin’s The Tragic Death of Eleanor Marx, along with collections by Nick Makoha and Stephen Romer.
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The Ordinary Virtues combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling
Michael Ignatieff’s book of essays explores “moral globalisation”.
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Robert Sapolsky’s Behave is a tour de force of science writing
You will learn more about human nature than in any other book I can think of.
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The Book of Dust: Philip Pullman might not be fond of the Church, but he is intensely spiritual
La Belle Sauvage, the first book in the author’s new trilogy, explores the connectedness between humanity and its environment.
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The slow train to Tallinn
In the first in a new series about the European nations we are soon to leave behind, Matthew Engel…
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Russia’s turbulent century of revolutions, from Lenin to Putin
How five great upheavals, from 1917 to 2017, shaped the country as we know it today.
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I am the resurrection: the rebirth of Liam Gallagher
In an age of anodyne pop stars, he speaks in a voice that is unmistakably his own.
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As Glamour goes “digital first”, what does the future hold for magazines?
The pervading sense of decline is rooted firmly in reality, but it also obscures a more complex picture.
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Why the time has come for “Acid Corbynism”
The term has provoked fascination, mystification and derision in almost equal measure.
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Commons Confidential: Are Gove and Boris about to team up again?
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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The Czech Trump shoots for power: the rise and rise of Andrej Babiš
“The problem is that people across society have lost their future. They have no vision now.”
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Sanders, Zuckerberg and Oprah: the Democratic race to topple Trump in 2020
The problem is that there are too many candidates.
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How Spain and Catalonia are reopening the wounds of the Franco era
Blame for the frustration that hard-line separatists now feel will, as ever, be shifted to Madrid.
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Nick Clegg’s Diary: Bickering Brexiteers and teenage footballers
The former Lib Dem leader on Europe, Hillary Clinton, and political defeat.
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Theresa May must betray either the Brexit elite at Westminster, or the average Leave voter
What most people want is for immigration to be under the control of UK politicians – without getting poorer.
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Brexit is like a soap opera in which the scriptwriters have run out of ideas
So-called “transitional arrangements” will be permanent, as no other outcome makes sense for either side.
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Leader: A new age of democratic heroism
As Britain and America retreat from the world, there is no cause for European complacency.
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The Harvey Weinstein allegations are monstrous. But it’s not just monsters who harass women
How many men have read the news this last week and reassured themselves – come on, I’m not as bad…
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