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.

Prospects for the US electoral left.

The age of the performer-entrepreneur.

On the uprising in Sri Lanka.