Model Justice
Obama’s decision to prosecute Khaled Sheik Mohammed in Guantanamo Bay shows even he believes in the efficacy of its military court…
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
No Such Thing
The infamous phrase shouldn't be attributed to Mrs T — it was first coined by David Lodge in his novel, Ginger, You're Barmy
Burke’s Warning
History may remember the Arab Spring's "noble revolutionaries" in the same terms as those of the French Revolution — utopian and doomed to failure
Blundering in the Desert
Book review of Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Michael Korda
No Such Thing
No phrase of Margaret Thatcher caused as much uproar, and was so wilfully misinterpreted, as "There is no such thing as society." As usual with famous quotes, she didn't quite say that,
Well Worth an Arm and a Leg
Book review of Holy Bones, Holy Dust: How Relics Shaped the History of Medieval Europe by Charles Freeman and Walsingham: Pilgrims and Pilgrimage by Michael Rear
Being Is Believing
Book review of A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values and Jewish Identity by Alan Montefiore Alan Montefiore has been continuously engaged in teaching, writing and promoting philosophy for over 50 years; and in
Bring on the Girls
Book review of A Man of Parts by David Lodge
Good But Not Great
Book review of The Pale King by David Foster Wallace Virginia Woolf’s reputation has always baffled me. I have tried her books repeatedly over the years and I have (and this is
What Is It Like To Be Conscious?
Our minds evolved to make life worth living, a new theory claims
The Assassin of Painting
A new exhibition at Tate Modern succeeds in freeing Miró the artist from Miró the brand…
Shelley’s Arab Spring
In the wake of the Arab Spring, Percy Shelley's The Revolt of Islam looks mightily prophetic