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Vote Leave have won two referendums. Can they win a third?
The Remain campaign will hope that it is third-time unlucky for Vote Leave's tried-and-tested approach. Vote Leave have launched a new campaign today, offering a £50m prize if you can guess the winner...
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How the Brexit referendum has infantilised British politics
Politicians like Boris are not characters in a fantasy show. If they aspire to high office then they must be held to high standards. Ancient Greece is the cradle of modern Europe. From its primordial...
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“WhatsApp isn't for parents”: how we contact all the different people in our...
I wanted to find out how our digital hierarchies operate, so I asked people how they communicate with their family, friends, and colleagues. Recently, my family made an important decision. Too many...
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Metro mayors can help Labour return to government
Labour champions in the new city regions can help their party at the national level too. 2017 will mark the inaugural elections of directly-elected metro mayors across England. In all cases, these...
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The Jewish lawyers who reinvented justice
Two new books explore the trials of Nazis – and asks how they changed our conception of justice. In August 1942, Hans Frank, Hitler’s lawyer and governor general of occupied Poland, arrived in Lvov....
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The World Cup you’ve never heard of, where the teams have no state
At the Conifa world cup – this year hosted by the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia – ethnic groups, diaspora communities and disputed territories will battle for footballing glory. Football's European...
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Why do we talk to ourselves? A new book investigates the voices in our heads
The Voices Within by Charles Fernyhough is an ear-opening book – and an important corrective to myths about schizophrenia, the brain and even our self of sense. You’re going to be late for that...
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Thus Bad Begins confirms Javier Marías as a master of the novel form
Marías’ masterful expression of his characters' psychological weather, combined with Margaret Jull Costa's gifted translation, makes for rewarding reading. For those who love the novel as a form and...
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With everything from iPhones to clothing turning monochrome, is the West...
If modern design appears particularly achromatic, it only reflects the "chromophobia" which courses through the history of Western thought. To many English observers, 1666 – the year that the poet...
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With the BBC Food’s collection under threat, here's how to make the most of...
Do a bit of digging, trust your instincts – and always read the comments. I don’t think John Humphrys is much of a chef. Recently, as his Today co-presenter Mishal Husain was discussing the...
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Is Switzerland about to introduce a universal basic income?
A referendum on 5 June, triggered by a 100,000-strong petition, will determine whether the country transforms its welfare state with a monthly no-obligations cash handout available to all.*/ The...
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The Tinder dating app isn't just about sex – it's about friendship, too. And sex
The lines between sex, love and friendship are blurrier than ever, as I found out quickly while using the app. The first time I met someone using Tinder, the free dating app that requires users to...
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Be transported to an ash-shrouded Iceland with Sjón’s new novel Moonstone
Moonstone is in some ways Sjón’s most straightforward book – but there is a wonderful netherworld quality to its ashen Reykjaví. On 12 October 1918, the Icelandic volcano Katla erupted, melting...
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"The Anatolian Fertility Goddess": a poem by Fiona Pitt-Kethley
Across the Golden Horn in Karakoy. . . */ Across the Golden Horn in Karakoy, a maze of ancient, crooked, cobbled streets contains the brothels of old Istanbul. A vendor at the bottom of the hill sells...
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The hidden joy of charity shops
Mary saw her colleagues at the charity shop every day, but she didn't tell them she was sleeping on the 31 bus. Camden is a bric-a-brac kind of place – market stalls, blaring music, occasional offers...
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Low fat, full fat: why the diet industry keeps changing its mind
A new report illustrates just how disillusioned the diet industry has become, at the expense of everyone else. Another year, another wave of dietary fads. Most seem to surface in the summer, when new...
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Clive James’s intriguing poetic response to Proust
What is James trying to do? He jokes that he has made a good living out of dying. Baudelaire once wrote that “the best review of a painting might be a sonnet or an elegy”, and it is liberating to...
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The struggles of Huma Abedin
On the behind-the-scenes story of Hillary Clinton’s closest aide. In a dreary campaign, it was a moment that shone: Hillary Clinton, on the road to the caucus in Iowa, stopping at a Mexican fast-food...
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Why is Disney producing so many live-action remakes of its most popular...
The Jungle Book, The BFG, Pete’s Dragon and Beauty and the Beast are just one small part of the studio’s extensive strategy of live-action remakes. When Disney’s 101 Dalmatians appeared in cinemas back...
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Snakebites and body parts
The city at the edge of an apocalypse: a love letter to Los Angeles. I was emailing with Kenneth Anger, the film-maker, when the coyotes across the street in Griffith Park started howling. That’s...
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