We’ve Been Here Before
The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Political Classes
‘American academia is being swamped by the backwaters of identity politics’
Kaliningrad: Russia’s Outpost in Europe’s Heart
"It is almost impossible to believe this misery was once a beautiful German city known as Königsberg, where Kant thought, Herder wrote and Prussia began"
Havana: The Castros Will Not Be Absolved
"Cuba is decaying at a scandalous pace, physically and morally. The social capital of civil values and mutual trust has evaporated and hatred is taking hold"
Desperately Needing Susan
The Royal Institution has made a huge mistake by sacking its media-friendly director
Six of the Best
A list of recommendations that no chess library should be without
Great Dane
The work of Christen Købke is relatively unknown outside his native land. More's the pity
Palestine’s Tragedy
The recent Israeli Apartheid Week shamefully neglected Zionism's complaisance to peaceful co-existence
Seat Cheats
The enormous hidden costs of low-cost air travel are symptomatic of a disturbing cultural shift
Maths Class
The government's insistence on incessant testing leaves pupils arithmetically substandard
Foot Soldier
Michael Foot's inimitable character left its impression on a war-time and desperate Croatia
Bring On the Bugs
Is one solution to our current financial quagmire to chow-down on creepy-crawlies?