A Critic at Large
The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson
The man expected to be Britain’s next Prime Minister makes people in power, including himself, appear ridiculous, but that doesn’t mean he’d dream of handing power to anybody else.
by Sam Knight
Onward and Upward with the Arts
Antonio Salieri’s Revenge
He was falsely cast as Mozart’s murderer and music’s sorest loser. Now he’s getting a fresh hearing.
by Alex Ross
A Reporter at Large
The Undercover Fascist
A young Englishman got mixed up in a white-supremacist movement. Then he learned of a plot to kill a politician.
by Ed Caesar
Profiles
Rhiannon Giddens and What Folk Music Means
The roots musician is inspired by the evolving legacy of the black string band.
by John Jeremiah Sullivan
A Reporter at Large
The Airbnb Invasion of Barcelona
In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence.
by Rebecca Mead
A Reporter at Large
Guantánamo’s Darkest Secret
The U.S. military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise.
by Ben Taub
On Television
What Does It Take to Be a Female Genius?
“Fosse/Verdon†and “Documentary Now!†parse the gender politics of artistic mastery and the difference between doormat and muse.
by Emily Nussbaum
Letter from Cairo
The Refugee and the Thief
A gay Egyptian leaves his homeland.
by Peter Hessler
Letter from London
The Chaotic Triumph of Arron Banks, the “Bad Boy of Brexitâ€
The U.K. is in a panic over voters’ decision to withdraw from the E.U. But the pugnacious millionaire whose donations—and Trumpian scare tactics—helped sway Britons has no regrets.
by Ed Caesar
