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How to trivialise Brexit

This new documentary about the referendum is a very British waste of time

Letter of the week: A not-so-corny notion

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I am filled with a menacing fear for the future

The Titanic on the horizon haunts my imagination

The examined life of Brian Dillon

The cult writer’s new memoir describes a life lived in citation, in proximity to other minds

World War III is here

The Arab Spring was the spark that lit the fuse of a global conflict Europe cannot escape

Only a Burnham-Streeting alliance can save Labour

It’s not impossible

Gisèle Pelicot’s battle isn’t over

Shame is changing sides, but it’s a work in progress

Backrooms: How 4chan “creepypasta” became Hollywood horror

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Renate Reinsve star in an unforgettable exploration of soulless cityscapes

Foursomes in the time of cholera

Susan Pedersen’s new book describes the life of a powerful 19th-century quadruplet

In defence of vox-pop journalism

Spontaneous interviews offer a vital insight into the lives of ordinary people

Beer and sandwiches: At Lucky 7 in Cricklewood

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1984: Tony Benn seeks to reenter parliament via by-election

The viruses that heal us

A new radio programme makes replaces despair and disgust with optimism

Miles Davis’s blues is more alive than ever

The trumpeter and innovator refused to be defined by his greatest hits

Donald Trump’s definition of “beauty”

From the “Arc de Trump” to the White House ballroom, the president is imposing a quasi-fascist aesthetic on Washington

Jeremy King’s empire of nostalgia

The restaurateur keeps winning. But is he a moderniser or a relic?

Am I a chin-scratching intellectual?

I appeared in a walk-on role in an excellent profile of Andy Burnham

Can Andy Burnham survive the pressure of Westminster?

He calls his approach “Manchesterism” – but he looks lost when he tries to define it

For the over-forties, day-clubs are the new nightclubs

My generation relives its clubbing glory days

Whose liberty and how much equality?

American historiography is still infected by an uncritical strand of nationalism