The UK’s rubbish-dump mafia
Radio 4’s Buried tells the story of “the astonishing crime you likely haven’t heard of”.
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The myth of England’s “fair play” fetish
In sport and politics, the English boast that they always play by the rules – but history tells a different…
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Ghosts of the Cultural Revolution
Tania Branigan’s Red Memory shows how Xi Jinping’s China is erasing the violence and tyranny of Mao’s purges from history.
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During a meal at one of London’s finest restaurants, I put my life in mortal danger
By the time the sponge pudding arrived I was snapping my fingers at the risks and signed on the dotted…
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Francesca Stavrakopoulou Q&A: “In my field, people often talk about doom”
The biblical historian on the government’s cruelty and The Last Temptation of Christ.
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What does Rick Rubin actually do?
The star producer’s supremely vague manual on creativity does nothing to explain his craft.
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The irresistible romance and rituals of dinner parties
I could piece together a record of my life through the tables I’ve convened friends around.
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Edward Hopper’s city of still lives
How the painter stripped New York of its disorder to reveal its inhabitants’ solitude.
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