Culture
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Is TV’s next sure-fire hit, “Disclaimer”, a must-watch or a dud?
The glitzy new thriller is both
Johnson on language
Americans are chuffed as chips at British English
Why doesn’t the affection run both ways?
The sports page
Time for LIV, golf’s Saudi-funded rebel tour, to drift into obscurity
As a golfing experiment it has failed
“Unleashed” and mildly unhinged
Boris Johnson shows how not to write a political memoir
His new book is full of revelations, but none of the sort readers actually want
From witchcraft to woke
How humans invented good and evil, and may reinvent both
Over thousands of years humans domesticated themselves
No passing fad
Fashion photography is in vogue
Museums and collectors now want what were once panned as commercial images for their walls
The next big thing
Turn down the K-pop and pay attention to K-healing
The rise of South Korean books about burnout has taken the world by storm
Back Story
Roald Dahl was a genius—and a shocking bigot
No magic potion or friendly giant can resolve this tension, as a new play shows
Money matters
The best new books to read about finance
The joys that can come from good writing about the dismal science
Revisiting history
Was Abraham Lincoln gay?
A controversial documentary re-examines the president’s relationships with men
The sports page
From Diego Simeone to Arsenal: in praise of sport’s dark arts
Pushing a game’s rules to the limits is part of competition
The stickiness factor
The Malcolm Gladwell rule: how to succeed while annoying critics
A new book offers a chance to assess why he has global appeal