(2) Books of the YearBooks by Economist writers in 2017What we wrote when we weren’t in the officeprint-edition iconDec 7th 2017
Wise wordsBooks of the Year 2017The best books of 2017 are about music, nicotine and the tsunami in Japanprint-edition iconDec 7th 2017
Remodelling the People’s RepublicThe beginning of the end of China’s “weird architecture”Following a government edict in 2016, flamboyant and outlandish buildings are on the way outDec 8th 2017
A late penaltyRussia’s overdue Olympic ban is no cure for anti-doping impotenceIt has taken seven years for the World Anti-Doping Agency and International Olympic Committee to issue a fitting punishmentDec 6th 2017
Story of a synthesiserHaruomi Hosono, Japan’s pop pioneerThough little known in the West, his influence is widely feltDec 6th 2017
A revenger’s tragedy“The Punisher” is a bloody, thoughtful addition to the Marvel canonThe Netflix series deals with weighty topics, but it can ignore some pressing existential issuesDec 5th 2017
Mothers and daughtersGreta Gerwig’s charming solo directorial debut“Lady Bird” is a relatable tale of adolescent angstDec 5th 2017
Think of the kidsA surreal take on the war in Syria“Goats”, a new play, portrays a government scheme where slaughtered sons are replaced with domesticated beastsDec 4th 2017
He said, she saidSexual politics on stageAnna Ziegler’s timely new play considers the complexity of campus assaultDec 1st 2017
JohnsonOMG, the internet is ruining language, amirite? WrongYoung people’s play with language is often silly and sometimes ugly—but it shows just how much they take it seriouslyprint-edition iconNov 30th 2017
Railway therapyA songwriter’s new perspective after 8,980 miles on the trainGabriel Kahane took off the day after Donald Trump’s election, and his new song series tells the stories of the people he metprint-edition iconNov 30th 2017
More than meets the eyeWomen and Boko HaramOutrages by the Islamist group obscure the ineptitude of the Nigerian state, the rotten fate of escapees and the few women who willingly joined the groupprint-edition iconNov 30th 2017
Bearing witnessNadia Murad’s tale of captivity with Islamic StateThe young Yazidi Iraqi was raped daily, her abuse blessed by the jihadist group’s twisted ideologyprint-edition iconNov 30th 2017
Getting it backHow America’s economy is rigged by special interestsAmerica’s government should invest in a well-paid, qualified civil research bureaucracyprint-edition iconNov 30th 2017