Culture
A modern Orwellian tale
What if calling someone stupid was a crime?
Lionel Shriver imagines cancel culture going to even greater extremes
The sports page
Fury vs Usyk is the biggest fight this century
Boxing’s prioritisation of money over competition is hurting the sport
Back Story
Jürgen Klopp’s masterclass in how to win—and lose
Two gestures capture the Liverpool manager’s method: the fist pump and the hug
Snap judgments
A renowned, mysterious photographer of the American civil war
“Double Exposure” examines the enduring work of Timothy O’Sullivan
Originalist to the core
How did the Founding Fathers want Americans to behave?
A journalist tries to figure out what it means to “live constitutionally”
Honey, will you be home for dinner?
#Tradwives, the real housewives of the internet, have gone viral
Why social-media users are riveted by the domestic toil of homemakers
A literary life
Alice Munro was the English language’s Chekhov
The Nobel prizewinning short-story writer died on May 13th, aged 92
Money and faith
God™: an ageing product outperforms expectations
An economist tries to explain religion
Mass tourism
Venice’s new admission fee cannot curb overtourism
It is too low, and there are too many exemptions
Back Story
The trial of Donald Trump, considered as courtroom drama
Sensational witnesses, high stakes—it has the classic elements. Sort of
The sports page
Caitlin Clark will always be underpaid
But the female basketball players who come after her won’t be
Death and a thousand nuts
What strategies actually work to fight dying?
A prominent biologist tackles a morbid topic