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
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 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