Japan
Going East
A visitor worries that conservatism is stifling innovation in Japan, once home of the crazy gadget
Why Matter Really Matters
Firing neutrons under Japan may explain why the universe exists
Magical Mystery Tour de Force
A British production of a Japanese work, Shun-kin is a near-perfect triumph
Serious Music for Serious Times
There is an extraordinary fit between Japanese musical tastes and German Lieder
Exotic Stew
The China Lover by Ian Buruma
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?