Culture
Angela’s ashes
Angela Merkel sets out to restore her reputation
But her new memoir is unlikely to change her critics’ minds
Treat your shelf
The best books of 2024, as chosen by The Economist
Readers will never think the same way again about games, horses and spies
The Economist reads
What to read to understand Elon Musk
The world’s richest man was shaped by science fiction
Dove or raven?
Woodrow Wilson’s reputation continues to decline
A dispassionate new biography chronicles the former president’s hostility to suffrage
Valley and the gods
Tech and religion are very much alike
They both have gods, rich institutions and secretive cultures
Love him or loathe him?
The cult of Jordan Peterson
What the Canadian intellectual gets right about young men
Sing it from the rooftops
The New York-London arbitrage for musicals
Can you guess which is more expensive: Broadway or the West End?
It’s a whole new ball game
Canadian v American football: can you catch the difference?
This weekend’s Grey Cup, the Canucks’ “Super Bowl”, gives Canadian football a chance to shine
Back Story
In “Anora”, strippers and Russian heavies are not what you expect
Many stories rely on character types. The best reimagine them
The night that nearly broke Paris
The long shadow of the Paris terrorist attacks of 2015
November 13th shook the French capital—but has not changed it
Let me live among the stars
Samantha Harvey wins the Booker prize for “Orbital”
A slim, slightly worthy novel in which everything and nothing happens