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Inside the media circus

Natasha Brown’s Universality is a wincing satire of journalism, publishing and cancel culture.

Mark Carney can’t save Canada

Is a technocratic, career economist really the man to take on Donald Trump?

Our overdiagnosis epidemic

How a marked rise in the treatment of certain conditions – physical and mental – is harming, not protecting, public…

The rise of Gracie Abrams

That Abrams is not quite ready for and a little startled by her early fame is part of her appeal.

The Leopard and the ruins of history

Newly adapted by Netflix, Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel is a lesson in the anarchic motions of our times.

My weak bladder gives me an insight into the White House

Perhaps I have more in common with Donald Trump and Elon Musk than I thought.

Thought experiment 8: The Experience Machine

In the 1970s Robert Nozick imagined immersive, tech-simulated pleasure as a negation of what it means to be human.

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Trump’s soft power grab

In an age of brutality, the vibe shift orchestrated by the Maga regime is the US president’s greatest victory yet.

Siena’s artistic revolution

In the 14th century, Duccio and others developed ways of painting that had never been seen before.

From Helen Rappaport to Simon Barnes: new books reviewed in short

Also featuring The Golden Throne: The Curse of a King by Christopher de Bellaigue and Waste Wars by Alexander Clapp.

This England: Lost in translation

This column – which, though named after a line in Shakespeare’s “Richard II”, refers to the whole of Britain –…

Abdulrazak Gurnah Q&A: “What bugs me? The smug self-regard of the powerful”

The writer on Primo Levi and his grandchildren’s art.

Seeing endless faces in the city brings me comfort and relief

I think of how I grew up in a village where everyone knew me, and how I couldn’t wait to…

The irresistible lure of Seville’s orange season

These beautiful fruits have an intoxicating scent – and make excellent footballs.

In Mickey 17, Bong Joon-ho misses the moment

In this futuristic film starring Robert Pattinson, the director revisits his favourite themes. But a Donald Trump parody falls flat.

The fall of the mainstream media

How the press was demonised – and why it matters.

Close encounters with Trump

Also this week: victory for Remainers, the staged assault on Zelensky, and 24 hours in Bahrain.

Is Keir Starmer in cahoots with Piers Morgan?

Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.

Letter of the week: The human cost

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