Close to the Bone
The Oxford Book of Parodies by John Gross
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Court Deprecates Misleading and Prejudicial Prosecutor
Judges at the International Criminal Court have expressed "the strongest disapproval" of a "misleading and inaccurate" media interview given by one of three deputies to the court's prosecutor.
Faith in the Law
My column in today’s print edition explores the gulf between courts and Church. It was one of the issues that emerged in a discussion I chaired this week.
Avigdor Arikha (1929-2010): an appreciation
Avigdor Arikha, who died in Paris on April 29 aged 81, was one of the most interesting and accomplished of an internationally renowned group of figurative artists who dominated the latter decades
Anyone but Balls (2)
No, it most certainly does not.
Britain is in Rude Health
From Hogarth to Spitting Image, nothing defines our national identity better than comic art
Caning the Banks
The coalition government's new levy on banks will be a levy on banks' customers
Damned If They Do
Music is the perfect medium to deal with Goethe's Faust because of its focus on the human condition
Out of Proportion
It's British politicians who are broken or corrupt or out-of-touch, not the British political system
Worth the Wait
My mother, at the age of 100, may feel enfranchised at last During my lunch break on May 2 1997, I walked from my office in Mayfair across Green Park to watch
Obama’s Fantasies
Barack Obama’s utopian daydreams lack moral courage, and are a gift to his enemies A year ago in Cairo, Barack Obama delivered an address promising a new era of wisdom and understanding in
Evolution can be Religion’s Friend
Science and faith need not contradict each other because they concern different matters