Wolfgang Tillmans: the chronicler of gay subculture
The photographer made his name documenting gay culture in London and Berlin. Does his work still have the power to subvert?
Culture
Empire: the summer 2017 New Humanist
Out now - how a history of conquest shapes the present
Why country singers are the chroniclers of our age
A new generation of female singers are rejecting patriotic tub-thumping and documenting the dark heart of rural America.
Close encounters of the everyday kind
A new book asks if microdosing LSD could make you happier and more productive. Why might we need such a helping hand?
How we invented nature
Today we take it for granted that something called “nature” exists. But the concept owes much to a Prussian adventurer
Book review: Charges – The Supplicants
Elfriede Jelinek's play is a blistering indictment of European asylum policy, and the indifference or hostility of some Europeans.
Book review: Lincoln in the Bardo
The first novel from acclaimed short story writer George Saunders is strange and wise.
Twenty years of Brass Eye
Chris Morris's satirical programme took aim at ignorance and hypocrisy.
Is it too soon to laugh about apartheid?
In post-apartheid South Africa, comedy has become the expression of a new democratic energy
Mark Fisher (1968-2017)
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of our contributor Mark Fisher this weekend. Mark was a unique writer; a critic, teacher and editor whose work touched and…