Tea Party Politics
‘Why do grown men in the Tea Party dress up as George Washington?’
Graduate Giving
'Alumni could be an integral part of saving European institutions of learning from becoming the Costa cafés of the academy'
The Lesson of Oz
"Australian politics is in turmoil of a type and intensity not seen for 70 years"
Incurable Romantics
The historian Tim Blanning and the critic Jonathan Bate discuss the place of Romanticism in contemporary culture with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson
Flouting (Not Flaunting) the Rules of English
The teaching of grammar should be at the heart of the school syllabus. Without it we are killing intellectual curiosity
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Quebec's approach to garbage disposal shows that political correctness is thriving in Canada
The Politics of Envy
That Howard Jacobson and V. S. Naipaul are non-members of the London literary establishment does them credit
Super Mario
A brilliant writer with remarkable political gifts, Mario Vargas Llosa is a worthy winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Hegemony 101
Antonio Gramsci's great theory has cropped up in an unlikely place — the A-level geography classroom
Ethics Girl
A bookshelf of Tracey Emin's personal favourites throws up a notable surprise