Continental Philosophies
Review of The Appointment by Herta Müller; Perlmann's Silence by Pascal Mercier; and The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Fornication’s Early Years
Review of Rome by Robert Hughes
God Does More Than Make Us Tick
Review of The Great Partnership: God, Science and the Search for Meaning by Jonathan Sacks
Democratic Disenchantment
Book review of Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in Twentieth-century Europe by Jan-Werner Müller
Pevsner’s Monument
Nikolaus Pevsner was the man who catalogued England. His project is well worth another read
Liberated Libya
Libya will not be another Iraq. The doom-mongers in the Western media would be wise to focus on Libya's massive business potential
Stott’s Gospel
Dishonest and distasteful journalists have co-opted the late, great evangelical Reverend for their own, secular causes
Steyn Power
Iconoclastic commentator — and hate-figure of the Left — Mark Steyn should be celebrated for his refusal to kow-tow to the liberal intellegentsia's consensus
Moscow Martyr
David Cameron's forthcoming visit to the Kremlin should not just be another exercise in deferential "diplomacy"
Euro Soap Opera
Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Trichet recently attended a premiere of Tannhauser in Bayreuth but their own lives are more like an operatic melodrama
American Money Worries
'Germany’s reaction to America’s credit-rating downgrade was predictable: a pre-emptive schadenfreude that has become the gold standard when reacting to US affairs'
Amateur Addicts
Why do people become obsessed with chess? And why does "competitive spirit" sometimes result in less-than-gentlemanly behaviour?