An End to the Myth of the Tortured Soul
What was Van Gogh really like? A new exhibition brings us closer to the truth In a career lasting no more than ten years, Vincent Van Gogh produced about 900 paintings and 1,100
Amoral Equivalence
Beyond Terror and Martyrdom by Gilles KepelThe Case Against Israel’s Enemies by Alan Dershowitz
A Mad Call to Arms
As Middle East countries rush to acquire nuclear weapons, the Cold War stalemate will not apply in the region
A Joy For Ever
Beauty by Roger Scruton
A Friend to All
An abridged version of an address at a memorial service for Rabbi Sidney Brichto, who died on 16 January 2009
History’s Greatest Ponzi Scheme
Politicians sat on their hands as the mighty American economy was sent to its doom. What is to be done to prevent a repeat?
Here’s How Schools are Set Free, Mr Gove
The new Education Secretary's anti-statist revolution must live up to his rhetoric by allowing schools to set their own admissions policies
Europe’s Long Road to the Mosque
Increasing numbers of Muslims on the continent are only part of the story. The real problem is not immigration but integration
Republicans Cannot Go On As The ‘Party Of No’
For American conservatives to return to the White House in 2016, they must stop running up an escalator that is moving down
A brief glimpse of Corbyn’s Utopia
In 2022 Labour came to power. From a 2028 issue of Samizdat, we learn what happened under the party’s revolutionary leadership