The painting and the mothDavid Lynch’s memoir illuminates the origins of his art“Room to Dream” suggests the director’s themes and visions derive from his childhoodprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
Together, onceA startling debut novel from a South African poetThe wry narrator and bleak humour of “Ok, Mr Field” recall Samuel Beckettprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
The crack-upDoes inequality cause suicide, drug abuse and mental illness?In “The Inner Level”, the authors of “The Spirit Level” argue that it doesprint-edition iconJun 14th 2018
Fantastic beasts and how to decipher themStudying the Middle Ages through its monstersAn exhibition in New York reveals the anxieties, curiosities and desires of medieval EuropeJun 14th 2018
The Jazz StandardLorraine Gordon, queen of the Village VanguardThe jazz music advocate and owner of New York’s most celebrated club died on June 9thJun 13th 2018
A bloodless revolutionEmmanuel Macron, the resolutely modern philosopher kingThe Economist’s Paris bureau chief analyses “a French president who matters more than most”Jun 13th 2018
Living historyPortraits of the “Windrush generation” Three exhibitions in London document the lives and legacy of Britain’s Caribbean communityJun 12th 2018
The Art of the DealThe G7 photograph has the dynamism of Caravaggio at his bestWith its unusual composition and facial expressions, it is not surprising that Jesco Denzel’s picture has enthralledJun 11th 2018
Carnal pleasuresA new exhibition fleshes out man’s relationship with meatBoth food and human body tissue, meat is symbolic of nourishment and decayJun 11th 2018
A beautiful gameWhen drama and beauty turn the World Cup into artHeroes, villains, creativity, human frailty: five World Cup moments when art and sport mergedprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
The fall of manThe problem of masculinity, in men’s wordsA verbatim play explores fatherhood and the models men are given to emulateJun 8th 2018
Staring down the barrel#TankMen2018, a global work of protest artTo commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, people are dressing up as the famous dissident iconJun 7th 2018
JohnsonWhat does it mean to “bear arms”?Big data can help clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment. Judges should pay attentionprint-edition iconJun 7th 2018
Good guy with a gunBill Clinton’s debut thriller is an exercise in wish-fulfilmentBut presidential insights are missing in “The President is Missing”print-edition iconJun 7th 2018
