Watching the detectivesWhen Arthur Conan Doyle cried “J’Accuse…!”In the case of the “Scottish Dreyfus”, the novelist deployed the acuity of his fictional detectiveprint-edition iconJul 5th 2018
Drawn this wayJamie Hewlett and the aesthetics of pop cultureThe artist is best known for “Tank Girl” and Gorillaz. A new book celebrates his distinctive and influential styleJul 5th 2018
JohnsonWhat Koko the gorilla could and couldn’t doCommunication and language are not the same thingprint-edition iconJul 5th 2018
BrexLitBrexit is reverberating in British literatureSometimes the most oblique references to the referendum are the most enlighteningprint-edition iconJul 5th 2018
The great ghatsbyThe tycoons who are powering India’s riseJames Crabtree’s book depicts the symbiotic relationship of Indian politics and businessprint-edition iconJul 5th 2018
Bruised beautyTommy Orange’s debut novel is a work of defiance and recoveryThe panache of “There There”, a story of Native American travails, enables it to transcend the misery it describesprint-edition iconJul 5th 2018
The bongo and the batonA global salsa star tries to conquer his native ColombiaYuri Buenaventura once tried to drown himself. Now he puts his emotions into musicJul 5th 2018
Billie Jean is not my LouvreThe King of Pop, the artist’s muse“On The Wall”, an exhibition in London, asks why Michael Jackson still captivatesJul 4th 2018
Twisted behaviour“Bikram” investigates allegations of abuse against a megastar yogiA new podcast tells a now-familiar storyJul 4th 2018
It’s (probably not) coming home“Three Lions” perfectly captures the masochism of supporting EnglandThe country’s favourite football song is the only one to acknowledge fandom’s inevitable painsJul 3rd 2018
How many more yearsIn Chicago, the sound of the blues is fadingThe city can do more to celebrate its musical history and its contribution to the genreJul 2nd 2018
Group expectationsDespite Germany’s exit, this World Cup has been quite predictableOf the 16 teams most likely to qualify, 14 have reached the knockout roundsJun 30th 2018
On State Street, that great streetThe birth of the skyscraper on the streets of ChicagoFor Dan Cruickshank, a British historian, the Reliance Building is the apotheosis of the formprint-edition iconJun 28th 2018
Black, white and greySome of Issac Bailey’s family have done well. Some have done timeEveryone makes mistakes. In America, some cost more than othersprint-edition iconJun 28th 2018
