An explosive error
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Austrian writer Peter Handke—infamous for defending the regime of Slobodan Milošević—the world was astonished
A multitude of dignities
Are human rights dependent on “human dignity”—and what does “human dignity” even mean?
A glimpse of heaven
Schumann’s setting of Faust is an aesthetic and spiritual triumph—and now with a singer to match
Don’t venerate the nation state
‘The nation state is not the endpoint of history, nor is it even a basic fact of human history’
Discussions with a stone wall
Britain’s main gay rights organisation is risking its own future by adopting gender self-ID as its new cause
Dechristianity by the numbers
'In the US, levels of religiosity are traditionally high. But Americans aren't somehow hard-wired to preserve their faith in a high-tech world. They are
Dave and Davery
'It is clear that he does not own up to all the mistakes he made. Dave has a very clear idea of how far
Conservatives clear the way for Corbynite extremism
‘In 2019, as Britain faces the prospect of its first truly radical left-wing government, Conservatives are nowhere near frightened enough. If they were, they