I grew up in Detroit, immersed in the rhythms and soul of Motown, a force that felt unstoppable. Motown was more than music; it was a cultural movement. Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Martha Reeves, ...

The current wave of anti-elitism, and anti-urbanism we’re seeing from authoritarian leaders and their followers may seem to have erupted out of nowhere. But New Yorker writer, Adam Gopnik argues what ...

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If you’re confused by a turn of phrase in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” or a startling metaphor in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” just ask the book to explain itself, and it will.

There is a new vibe for the renewal of Western civilisation. It intersects with politics, religion and public policy but it ...