Culture
The sports page
How Germany’s football is tied to its politics
Lessons in government from Julian Nagelsmann and his team
Backstabbing blockbusters
Political strategies, courtesy of “House of the Dragon” and “Shogun”
One swords-and-scheming TV show seems more relevant today than the other
Melancholy in the mountains
Like its Montana setting, Kevin Barry’s novel is brutal and gorgeous
“The Heart in Winter” is the epitome of the Western love story
Call of the desert
Can Saudi Arabia become a premier tourist hotspot?
It has sun, sea and (lots of) sand. But people are wary of visiting the kingdom
Manners maketh money
Finishing schools for the age of TikTok
Unsure how to be polite at work? Ask a digital etiquette guru
Not of an age, but for all time
Making a case for Shakespeare, 400 years after his death
The Folger library reopens, with a renewed purpose
Stories from Kerala
The rise of Mollywood, India’s more subtle film hub
Instead of relying on big dance numbers, Malayalam movies tell stories
The sports page
What it takes to be a sprinter in the Tour de France
Jasper Philipsen goes very fast. Just don’t expect him to finish near the winners
Colm Tóibín’s new novel
“Long Island” is an entrancing follow-up to “Brooklyn”
Appropriately enough, one of the themes of the sequel is the difficulty of returns
Putin’s delusions, Ukrainians’ pain
A clear-eyed account of Ukraine under siege
Do not underestimate the lunacy of aged dictators, a new book argues
Stringing along
How Kronos became the world’s most innovative string quartet
The group’s 50th anniversary brings new music and new members
Frequent travellers
Why travel guidebooks are not going anywhere
Despite predictions that the internet would kill them