Universities Must Be Freed from Meddling
Britain’s seats of learning are coping with the new funding regime but are threatened by philistine regulators
Forget Wind: Time for Britain to Get Fracking
Blinded by climate change dogma, the government seems determined to play down the Lancashire shale gas bonanza
Melvyn Bragg Misses the Art of the Matter
Culture has never been in better shape, boasts our leading arts broadcaster — but only if you focus on soap operas and sport
Wanted: A New Ronald Reagan
GOP voting this year is extraordinarily volatile: Republicans' heads and hearts are completely disconnected - really, they just want Ronald Reagan back
Paths to Democracy, Catholic and Secular
Setting the tone of Catholic political thought for three centuries, it is in France where one uncovers the roots of the separation of Church
Queen who Let Daylight in on Royal Magic
Book review of Queen Anne: The Politics of Passion by Anne Somerset
Trials of Windsor Life
Book review of The Court Journals and Letters of Frances Burney
Dodgy Medieval Dossiers
Book review of The War on Heresy: Faith and Power in Medieval Europe by R. I. Moore