An Odyssey To Athens
Moving to the city where democracy began
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Sour Smell Of Success
Alastair Campbell's new book is predictable stuff
Eggs Florentine
The gently eccentric Piero di Cosimo
Plus ça change
How America saved the French Impressionists
Let’s Make Putin’s London Cronies Sweat
Our failure to face up to the Russian ruler could have dire consequences
Mr Cameron, Show The Country That You Care
As polling day nears, Conservatives are sticking to a strictly economic message. But there should be room in politics for moral arguments.
Campaign Diary
"The Chief Whip stormed the moral high ground and dug himself in. So why did I feel unable to follow Michael Gove over the top, as it were?"
Defying Duopoly: The Rise Of The Insurgents
On the doorsteps of Essex and Glasgow, the reasons why voters are turning to UKIP and the SNP appear remarkably similar
Don’t Rig The System In Favour Of Coalitions
Unfair constituency boundaries, inaccurate voting registers and non-enforcement of electoral law are a threat to our democracy
Warring Gangsters Who Run The Country
You will learn more about politics from Harriet Sergeant’s book about teenage London thugs than from Bagehot’s outdated British Constitution
Political Correctness Is Devouring Itself
The sooner the Left realises that you cannot censor your way to a better society the sooner it can worry about more important issues
An Archival Treasure Trove—And All Online
We may be right to be wary of the internet, but research and scholarship have benefited enormously from mass digitisation