High Standards
The Commission for New and Old Art.
21 January 2026
The Commission for New and Old Art.
On the protests in Iran.
Albert Serra’s latest film.
On Mitsotakis’s border regime.
Have the Conservatives lost their heads?
Ottessa Mosfegh’s chronicles of anguish.
On László Krasznahorkai.
Left breakthrough in Colombia.
Military spending after the end of history.
On Pedro Almodóvar.
Macron’s victory and Le Pen’s surge.
Can Boris Johnson cling to power?
The self-fabulations of Hervé Guibert.
On London’s transport network.
Gaza and censorship.
On Rachel Cusk.
Fredric Jameson (1934-2024).
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