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
We Have to be Ready For Anything
The forthcoming defence review must answer our need to be able to face unpredictable threats
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?
The Healing Power of Forgiveness
A new project allows crime victims to move on — by pardoning those who attacked them
Git Lit, or: Why Old Age is All the Rage
Men are living for longer than ever and their late-life crises provide a rich seam for the novelist to mine
Can the Atlantic Coalition Hold?
William Kristol, founder-editor of the leading American conservative magazine, the Weekly Standard, and Tim Montgomerie, founder-editor of the ConservativeHome website, discuss the similar problems
The Maestro Of His Own Fate
A fine new tribute explains why Mahler matters more than ever
Clumsy Cherie Cover-up Clarified
The Office for Judicial Complaints has tried to block publication of the news that Cherie Booth QC is to be given "informal advice from