No-one comes off well in the Allen-Farrow family drama
We could believe either Allen’s version or Farrow’s, but that would get us no closer to the truth, because neither is trustworthy and both are proven fantasists
The trouble with American universities: I talk to Jamie Kirchick
Life’n’Arts podcast with the Brookings Institute fellow running for a seat on Yale’s board
Big Jay McNeely brought joy to millions with his music
The legendary tenor saxophonist died last weekend aged 91
Boris Johnson summons the spirit of Churchill in Washington DC
‘The last thing we want is for us, the Brits, having made a momentous decision, to be drawn back into the tractor beam of Brussels.’
Selling Europe’s new Muslim vote
Electoral fraud in Botkyrka would have changed the result
Julia Salazar’s identity politics
There aren’t many situations in which identifying as a Jewish Latina immigrant socialist would give you a competitive advantage
Adolf Eichmann, the model of a modern mass murderer
Operation Finale reviewed
Who’s afraid of Steve Bannon?
Cancelling the former White House strategist might win back the respect of New Yorker readers — but it won’t help in their quest to explore ‘Ideas’
The Massachusetts primaries will tell a tale of two Democratic parties
The difference, as is invariably the case in American politics, is a matter of tone — not just skin colour, but also sex and generation, and generally in that order
Any storm in a port
The Bookshop reviewed
What if Hillary had won?
It would be worse, much worse
Has Trump lost control of his Pecker?
His relationship with the National Enquirer is coming to a head
Handling Pooh with kid gloves
Christopher Robin reviewed
Life ‘n’ Arts podcast: celebrating American audacity with William Giraldi
William Giraldi, author of the novels Busy Monsters and Hold the Dark ahead of publishing his first collection of essays,
Why should the death of Kofi Annan cause us to forget how bad at his job he was?
Failure falls upwards.
Enemies in a state: Dirty war with the press, or a clean fight?
Does more power lie with a president bound by checks and balances, or privately-owned media companies?
Only Aretha Franklin had the soul power to summon the spirit at will
The Queen of Soul is dead — there is no plausible heir.
Twitter and the twilight of the philosophers
We will not be able to trust the internet giants on what is fake or true so long as they lie to us about the nature of their business.
America, meet Tommy Robinson – if you must
The Cary Grant of the alt-right?
Frenemies of the people: Why Trump and the press deserve each other
It’s getting harder and harder to choose between a president who can’t tell the truth, and a publisher who can’t admit it.
Ben Brantley isn’t transphobic – he’s pitiful
The New York Times critic has nothing to apologise for. Yet he has apologised.
A plot not so much paper-thin as soggy and smeary like used toilet paper
Mission Impossible: Fallout reviewed.
Film review: Netflix’s The Skin of the Wolf
Paws for thought
Two out of three ain’t bad: Jetlagged Trump’s European roadshow, reviewed
Is the likeliest explanation of Trump’s U-turn really that he’s a Russian agent?
