Inside the traditional art revolution
The cultural hegemony of contemporary abstract art is slowly beginning to crack
Alessandra Bocchi
Monday
Wednesday
The mystery of chronic Lyme disease
From our UK edition
I struggled to pull myself out of bed in the morning. I slept for hours at lunch breaks and was having a hard time focusing. I was working six days a week as an editor at one of the world’s largest newspapers. I needed to concentrate. It was my first year there on a fixed-term
Wednesday
‘Harder than heroin’: America’s silent benzo epidemic
Addictions to drugs like Xanax are on the rise, yet the media has taken almost no notice
Friday
Marion Maréchal’s plan to save Europe
From our UK edition
Covid-19 shows the dangers of an excessively connected world, but it also presents huge political opportunities for critics of globalisation. And who better to seize the moment than the latest scion of the Le Pen political dynasty: Marion Maréchal, the 30-year-old granddaughter of the National Front founder Jean-Marie Le Pen and the niece of the
Friday
Italy’s family unity could be its biggest weakness against coronavirus
From our UK edition
Italy still currently has the highest reported fatality rate in the world, at 12.7 per cent. And that death toll is widely thought to be even higher than officially reported. In comparison, Germany has a recorded fatality rate of two per cent. Yet both countries have similar levels of infection rates. Italy has 143,626 confirmed
Monday
I saw the violent Hong Kong protests
Tear gas, Molotov cocktails and gunfire
Tuesday
Why don’t Republicans care about the environment?
Conservation is a conservative value
