The last Nazi hunters
A look at the work of Germany’s Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes.
A Kingdom for a Horse
A look at the history, culture and future of Kazakhstan anchored in an account of one of its national sports – kokpar – where teams of mounted riders compete to score goals with a goat carcass.
The Dictator’s Team
A piece looking at how Syria’s dictatorship has used football to try to win hearts and minds, and the terrible situations players have been put into, even as their national team makes an unlikely bid for World Cup qualification.
Do your homework
While this piece is nominally a book review, that task is witheringly dispatched in the first sentence. What follows is a nuanced and compelling profile of Theresa May and her relationship with her colleagues in the Conservative Party over many years, starting from university days.
Superintelligence: The idea that eats smart people
An absorbing rebuttal of the persuasive ‘computer-destroys-humanity’ disaster scenarios put forward by artificial intelligence skeptics, alongside a look at some of the traps machine learning obsessives fall into.
Revenge of the Tabloids
British tabloid newspapers were thought by many to be in irreversible decline due to falling print circulation and repeated scandals, yet they have had their enduring influence dramatically underlined by events in 2016.
How Europe Left Itself Open to Terrorism
A report on the security challenges and failures leaving Europe vulnerable to attack.
The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber
Alex Honnold is a legend in the world of free solo climbing, where climbers scale massive peaks with no ropes or protective equipment. This article examines his brain in detail and makes some surprising discoveries.
Tinder’s In-House Sociologist
An interview with the woman tasked with understanding what people find attractive.
Bob Woodward;s new book reveals a “nervous breakdown” of Trump’s presidency
This piece relays a series of extraordinary vignettes from Bob Woodward’s upcoming book, portraying the dysfunction of the Trump White House. The article also contains a recording of Woodward’s telephone conversation with Trump, which took place after the manuscript was completed.