Civilisation

Joshua Harmon’s new play about the struggle to get into top American universities could not be more timely

In classical music nothing happens overnight, but the rise of female conductors marks a massive change

Nothing written is utterly without value, as I proved to myself by reading two random works

Self-help advice might seem painfully obvious, but those who struggle with “normality” need it

John Fuller’s ninth novel is rich in comic phrase-making, with the kinetic subtlety of his finest poems

Since April 2018, Titania McGrath has been making people laugh, cringe, and go insane with her satirical tweets sending up social justice lunatics

Marc Hamer, a retired mole-catcher and tweed-wearing existentialist, has led an unusual life and still isn’t quite sure who is he today

Cuteness has flooded our lives: from entertainment to advertising to the very way we communicate

Mark Spiegelhalter’s book helps explain how implausible statistical nonsense arises in the first place

“Amazon’s puff for On Freedom says that Sunstein takes a “pathbreaking” approach to the subject. In fact, confounding ability with freedom is an old mistake”