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The Jewish vaccine pioneer forgotten by history

Simon Schama wants the post-pandemic world to learn from the case of Waldemar Haffkine: a tragic story of how prejudice…

By Stephen Buranyi

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We have a new album out and are determined that ageing won’t stop us seizing the day

We have a new album out and are determined that ageing won’t stop us seizing the day

Tracey Thorn

Gods of Tennis took me back to when the players were rock stars

Rachel Cooke

The cult of David Keenan

Francisco Garcia

Succession’s unsettling ending

Anna Leszkiewicz

How to survive a nuclear holocaust

How to survive a nuclear holocaust

John Gray

How Michel Houellebecq diminished himself

David Sexton

Interviews

International Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov: “We’re living in the memory gap”

International Booker winner Georgi Gospodinov: “We’re living in the memory gap”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Mark Gatiss: Rishi Sunak “doesn’t give a toss” about the arts

Mark Gatiss: Rishi Sunak “doesn’t give a toss” about the arts

Rachel Cunliffe

Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”

Claudia Rankine: “Eventually they’re coming for you too”

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”

The Kate Mossman Interview

Joan Bakewell: “I can live with death – how odd”

Kate Mossman

Reviews

The National’s First Two Pages of Frankenstein is just too predictable

Ellen Peirson-Hagger

Kristoffer Borgli’s Sick of Myself: the worst people in the world?

Ryan Gilbey

The cult of Sigmund Freud

Book of the Day

The cult of Sigmund Freud

Henry Marsh

ITV’s Raoul Moat drama is sickening, cynical TV

Rachel Cooke

Book of the Day

Anatomy of a romantic hero

Anna Leszkiewicz

Rachmaninoff’s enduring melodies

Rachmaninoff’s enduring melodies

Leah Broad

The long read

How the streaming wars are shaping culture

The Weekend Report

How the streaming wars are shaping culture

Today, almost every household subscribes to a streaming service; the typical US household has five. The battle for our attention…

By Will Dunn