Europe and the Macron Doctrine
The French president’s grand international strategy is founded on one questionable premise: the coherence and solidity of the EU
Why Henry James still matters
Not everyone will find a haven in his work. But his magnificently eloquent body of work challenges us and repays the effort
Concreting over the countryside
‘The reality is that, under this government’s stewardship, a plethora of damaging developments have been unleashed in the countryside. Historic hedgerows are being grubbed
The trouble with idealism
Why do people with the best of intentions so often create the worst of outcomes? They come up against reality
A lost paradise of purity
Terror and transcendence in the late masterpieces of Schubert
Doubts and certainties
It has been a year of doubts and uncertainties: fluctuating infection and death rates, empty promises and political false starts, civil unrest, social injustice,
Minds of their own
Contagious curiosity about the way consciousness works
Testing positivism
"The Murder of Professor Schlick" brilliantly illuminates an ambitious movement in philosophy