The enduring brilliance of Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility
As Austen mania returns, the 1995 classic still shines for its wit, romance and sisterhood
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Inside the Nord Stream conspiracy
Who really blew up the pipeline – and why did they do it?
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Anita Brookner’s view from the outside
The writer conjured characters who, like her, never quite fit in
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Nigel Farage is not a Nazi
And John Sweeney isn’t helping by implying he is
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The origins of American paranoia
It isn’t economic hardship driving voters towards Trump, it’s an anxiety about status, fed by the rootlessness and heterogeneity of…
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What if the communist project had succeeded?
Running through Paul Mason’s chronicle of communism lurks a regret that things didn’t turn out better
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Valeria Luiselli’s Sicilian odyssey
Inspired by the classics, a mother and daughter set out to find where they belong
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Our island stories
Philip Hensher’s survey of the British novel is generous, appreciative – and highly opinionated
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