Israel correspondent for The Economist Anshel Pfeffer on where the Middle East is headed, and how, or if, the fighting can end. One year on from the October 7 attacks against Israel, the region is ...

If the US vice-presidential debate was refreshingly civil, the candidates avoided much discussion of domestic and ...

Henry James is reputed to have said that when you tell a dream, you lose a reader. I’ve never been convinced of that view. But then, I grew up on the vision stories of the Old Testament: Jacob ...

Five women artists come together to challenge the traditional art world’s understanding of “emotional” as female Art, of course, is language, but Mithu Sen is unusually mouthy for a visual artist.

Special correspondent for The Saturday Paper Jason Koutsoukis, on why the national strategy on counterterrorism has collapsed – and what it means for our safety. There’s a greater than 50 per cent ...

A postcard from the Toronto International Film Festival, where an adaptation of the author’s novel ‘Addition’ is premiered It’s almost like being in my teens again, when the lights dim and a hush ...

Adam Elliot’s latest claymation feature tells the melancholy story of fostered siblings and a lonely life of hoarding Sometimes it feels as though every Australian film is a coming-of-age story.

The English novelist’s latest dark masterpiece begins with the talented, queer, working-class protagonist invited to his sponsors’ country estate Dave Win, the half-Burmese, working-class protagonist ...

An Iranian film about a widow defying post-revolution restrictions and finding love, and Demi Moore in a body-horror film aimed at unreal beauty standards “When will they leave us be?” asks Mahin ...

Sarah Manguso’s novel about a woman staying in a terrible relationship seems resigned to male dominance, while Vigdis Hjorth’s gets at more complex realities Novel one: Jane is a writer; John, an ...

The reality TV series following a group of Utah “mom influencers” tending to their brands after a swingers scandal makes for uneven entertainment From Bravo’s delightfully unhinged Real Housewives of ...