A New Mutiny?
Away from the tourist trail, India is threatened by the Maoism that toppled Nepal's monarchy
Betraying the State of Israel
Jews fail to understand anti-Semitism disguised as anti-Zionism
Hadrian: Man, Hero, Husband, Lover, Emperor
The British Museum’s exhibition reassesses the great Roman, a complex figure who left a legacy of unique glory
ONLINE ONLY: Beirut: Blood Holiday
Lebanon's celebration of a brutal killer's release illustrates the extent - and the limitations - of Hizbullah's power
The Unfinished Journey of Lionel Trilling
Until recently, it was assumed that Trilling had written only one long fiction, The Middle of the Journey (1947). Now, thanks to Geraldine Murphy we know that Trilling was a third of
Bringing the House Down
The playwright Simon Gray died on August 7. Shortly before his death he shared his thoughts on the theatre and much else in a Standpoint Dialogue with The Daily Telegraph's theatre critic
Does the Arts Club Have Good Taste?
In the dictionary on my laptop it defines art as “the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination”. To me, that’s cooking
A Modest Proposal for Rugby
No doubt the haka is all very well in its time and place – but that place was long ago and far away. It’s essentially a cannibal war dance designed to scare
The Darwinian Delusion
Science makes no sense from an evolutionary standpoint, so why have we done it – and why do we continue to do it?
ONLINE ONLY: Barack Obama, Isolationist
Barack Obama sounds troublingly like an "America Firster"
Democrats v Autocrats
The Return of History and the End of Dreams by Robert Kagan
ONLINE ONLY: A Pacifist at Hitler’s Side
Human Smoke by Nicholson Baker