Köck, who lived in Berlin for most of that year, used the diary to chronicle and comment on current affairs, particularly in Austria. “This is a running conversation with the present, against a future ...

Both hymns in praise of meritocracy and criticisms of schooling’s inadequate service have come first and loudest in the ...

Whether comical or conceptual, political or geographic, Saul Steinberg’s drawings extend the viewer’s horizons ...

Powers is alert to how “their stories unfolded in synch,” wryly noting that it’s “striking how many people played a role in ...

Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to drastically cut government jobs. Dan Honig makes the case for better not fewer ...

Stretching the year back into late 2023 — an equally hostile environment for governments but with far fewer national elections — Poland’s authoritarian Law and Justice party was shown the door after ...

Unlike the typical poète maudit, reciters could be female as well as male, and when delivering their favourite verses in front of an audience could become so unrestrainedly histrionic as to attract ...

Musicologist Lawrence Kramer wants his readers to think differently about the sound of music and the music of sound ...

The signs aren’t great for Labor, but the Coalition has its vulnerabilities too — and the election is still months away ...

Essays & reportage People-watching in Port Moresby Gordon Peake 14 September 2024 Our correspondent reacquaints himself with the PNG capital, a place getting a lot more attention these days ...

Australia’s vote on Gaza this week highlights a decades-long shift in the major parties’ attitudes towards Israel ...

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