What Would Keynes Say?
The most inflential economist of the 20th century still dominates debate about the financial crisis. His biographer Robert Skidelsky and Britain's leading monetarist Tim
A Bold Voice at a Miserable Time
A new life of Adam von Trott, executed for plotting to kill Hitler, rescues his integrity
“Comply With Compliance”
It was when I first heard the term "comply with compliance" that I started getting worried. Because I laughed, but the person I was
British Prisons: Hotbeds of Radicalisation
Yesterday, the Quilliam Foundation (QF) released a report about Islamist radicalisation within British prisons. ‘Unlocking al-Qaeda' covers one of the most important and problematic
“Alt-Classical”: Is This the Future?
Hot on the heels of James MacMillan's red-hot piece in these pages calling Emperor's New Clothes on Pierre Boulez, plus Dilettante Music's digital composer-in-residence
Driving to Distraction
Clive Davis, at his recently rehomed blog which is now called Clive Davis' Confab, has posted a clip of Glenn Gould playing Bach, along
Anwar al-Awlaki’s UK Network
Over the last few days, my co blogger Shiraz Maher has written a number of blogs about the UK supporters and apologists for pro
A Victory for Free Speech
The government was roundly defeated last night on its attempt to remove a "free speech" defence from the law banning homophobic hatred.