Trump Chic
How Thorstein Veblen's "conspicuous consumption" explains the rise of The Donald
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Cherchez La Femme
The case of François and Penelope Fillon showcases a surprising number of French political vices
Writers Welcome
The history of the Authors' Club
Feigned Intimacy
Why can't Tim Farron just leave me alone?
Vanessa Bell
The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s retrospective of Vanessa Bell’s work reveals a spectactularly vibrant artist When it comes to the Bloomsbury Group, it is impossible to separate their lives from their art. Just
Why Israel’s DNA Is So Revolutionary
Daniel Johnson talks to Tzipi Hotovely, deputy foreign minister and rising star of the Jewish state, about her country’s past, present and future
Anything Dennett Can Do, Scruton Does Meta
Two thinkers offer contrasting but complementary ways of thinking about human nature
A Sponger’s Ticket To The Finland Station
The irony of Lenin, Victor Sebestyan's biography reveals, is that he was profoundly bourgeois
A Man Of Words, Not Of Deeds
Alexis de Tocqueville: a mediocre minister but a memoirist of genius
A Diaspora Of Pain And Joy
The tale of two Jewish familes in Baghdad and Budapest
Coloured By His Emotions
Howard Hodgkin reduces portraiture to something more essential than physical form
Time To Revisit The Two Cultures
The divide between the arts and sciences will never be fully resolved. But the gap may be narrowing