A defence of difference
"We seldom hear much about freedom from contemporary social justice activists. They don’t want freedom — freedom would mean taking responsibility for one’s life"
Dread, time and the pandemic
Søren Kierkegaard’s reflections on worry are useful reading for those in lockdown
American revolutions: Rewriting the language of the unheard
‘Dissenting viewpoints — for example, the belief that America is not an intrinsically racist country—are shunned as further proof of racist pathologies’
Why Schiller still matters
The great dramatist was an Enlightenment philosopher as well as playwright. His inquiries into humanity had a political dimension
Staking claims on thin ice: the new Silk Road
Shipping routes are opening up in the Arctic due to climate change. This is a development fraught with environmental and geopolitical risk
Majority rule; minority rights
It is folly to treat UK race relations as totally divorced from the rest of human experience. We need to look at the larger
Suffering from chronic repression
Fears of a new Cultural Revolution are beginning to look justified as Xi Jinping advances the pace of control in China
The favourites
From Piers Gaveston onwards, controversial courtiers have a long history in British politics.How unusual is Dominic Cummings?