13 Jan 2025 - 12:00am

Hollywood does terrible things to women Like so many biopics, 'Maria' diminishes its subject

Tanya Gold

07.01

The vapid world of America’s top book influencer Zibby Owens offers a tonic for the ennui of upscale strivers

Matthew Gasda

04.01

Why the Left needs to watch Star Trek It has lessons for today's techno-optimists

Yanis Varoufakis

04.01

Snobs miss the rare beauty of darts How many maximums did Jane Austen throw?

Howard Jacobson

03.01

How André Gide made the modern memoir He thrived on brutal self-reflection

Julian Jackson

02.01

How John Updike invented Brat Rabbit embodied a rush towards individualism

Sarah Ditum

31.12

Walt Whitman: the original Substacker Publishing needs his democratic spirit

Sam Kahn

26.12

The torture of an unphilosophical life The mind deserves a task worthy of its powers

Agnes Callard

26.12

The mean girls conquering pop They have exiled men from their music

Sarah Ditum

22.12

Donald Trump’s cultural renaissance He will lead by example

David Samuels

20.12

The Leopard holds a warning for Europe Will the Continent wake from its torpor?

Brendan Simms

20.12

Why Irish mumming endures The troupes united communities

Alexander Poots