Rick Jones
The Isles are Full of Big Noises
The Orkney islanders have their doubts about Scottish independence
Musical Metternichs
At the Grafenegg outdoor music festival, funded by the Metternich family, on its third anniversary
Evil, on the Face of It
Behavioural predilections are all in the mind, but we still judge each other by physical appearance
Out of the Twilight Zone
An exhibition of WG Sebald’s archives offers an intriguing view of the late UK-based emigré German writer’s life and loves
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger global picture
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?