Mark Boxer
The cartoons and caricatures of "Marc".
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Elegy For Gray
The respected philosopher is a false friend of the West
Inside The Club
Conviviality and conversation at a bastion of the Establishment
From Gibbon To Pocock
The Decline and Fall author has a worthy successor
Remembering Sir Martin
Britain's most significant Holocaust historian, and Churchill's biographer
Pension Pot Luck
Imagine being allowed to own your own pension. Why, you might do something silly with it.
Drawing A Line
How did a cartoonist who regularly draws Mohammed feel on hearing about the events in Paris?
Forgetting History
"The sudden rise of Pegida suggests Germany hasn’t found a way to digest the idea of immigration."
A Reputation More Durable Than Marble
What does it take to achieve lasting poetic fame in an age of glut?
Auteur Provocateur
Michel Houllebecq's Soumission is provocative but treads familiar territory
Tough Tales For Dark Times
Erich Kästner's books for children shows that that difficult ideas don't have to be kept from young readers
The Case For The Classics
Three books offer fresh and enchanting views on the ancient past and how it can still live