Music Lessons
Music appreciation should be a part of every schoolchild's life, and the BBC Proms play a vital part in lifelong musical education
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Excited About Boredom
We go to great lengths to avoid boredom — are we missing out?
Beyond Debate
Debating in schools has been monopolised by the elite but the charity Debate Mate is closing the gap with free after-school debating clubs
Bouncing Back
Squash is a diverse sport with global appeal, but hopes for its inclusion in the next Olympics have been dashed
The Dying Days Of Zuma’s South Africa
Jacob Zuma's hold on South African politics is weakening, throwing the ANC into crisis
A Modest Man With A Lot To Be Immodest About
Clement Attlee led an exemplary life, and was the smooth-running machine at heart of the wartime government, but was never remotely vainglorious
The Limits Of Pax Americana
America's post-Cold War strategy failed with Russia — will it fail to limit Beijing's aggressiveness too?
Peace In Their Time — At A Price
Throughout the 19th century the pursuit of power permeated European society
Crusades, Spies, And Cruising
The colourful life of Steven Runciman: historian, scholar-diplomat, and possibly spy
Andalusia Was No Golden Age
The idea that Moorish Spain was a haven of tolerance for Christians and Jews is a fashionable myth
Corbyn And The Oldest Hatred
Left-wing anti-Semitism is not an invention of the Corbynistas — it's been bubbling under the surface for decades
Germany Calling
Colin Holmes's biography of William Joyce challenges the sanitised image of the man who came to be known as "Lord Haw-Haw"