December is not the best month in the Polish city of Katowice. Unless you are a fan of coal-driven heavy industry, the town’s appeal is not obvious. In December 2018, the smell of coal that hung in ...

The LA wildfire may have claimed its most famous victim. “There’s a big hole in the world now that he’s no longer with us,” read the Facebook post of the family of David Lynch after his death last ...

In the 1880s and 1890s, a series of technological innovations—the invention of the linotype machine, the move from hand-cranked to steam-powered presses, the adoption of cheap pulp paper—made ...

In the spare room of Joe Boyd’s apartment in west London, the contents of his suitcase sit folded and ready for packing. In a day or so, he will depart for the US, touring his book, And the Roots of ...

Keir Starmer sounds confused about wealth—but then maybe any politician would. The prime minister talks, compulsively, about rebalancing life in favour of “working people”. He modestly raised some ...

I have been worrying about my neck size. It’s 16-and-a-half since you ask, and I have a full collection of M&S shirts to prove it. But I’m not sure my neck is… OK, I’m going to say it, masculine ...

Keir Starmer ended last year with a “Trump love-in”, in his Mansion House speech. But Labour’s placatory approach to Trump is both bad policy and bad politics. Ministers have ducked or walked back ...

In the depths of an awful bout of the flu, I recently found myself bingeing the second season of Netflix’s Squid Game. This being a Korean drama about a carnivalesque series of deadly games, my ...

A new report released today appears to directly challenge the British Jewish community’s dominant approach to fighting antisemitism. But for Feldman et al, this strategy of building vertical alliances ...

It has all happened so quickly. Not long ago I climbed a mountain, and now I hesitate to walk half a mile to the shops. A cataclysmic change occurred when I turned 90. Overnight, the world branded me ...

However the debate on the details on the assisted dying bill turns out, one thing seems certain to continue: an ever-increasing chorus of calls to spend more taxpayer money on hospices. Next Wednesday ...