Bold Women About Town
The flâneuse — the female counterpart to the flâneur — and her adventures in cities past and present
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Why On Earth Should Anyone Study Philosophy?
There are at least three things wrong with the way the subject is taught at our universities today
American Revolutionaries
Abstract Expressionism was the US’s first truly original native style, bringing new scale and energy to art
Marx and Freud: The Creatures of Prometheus
The titans of modern Western thought were products of the civilisation they revolutionised
His Master’s Voice: Scruton On Wagner
Roger Scruton's book on Wagner argues that The Ring is one of the most important works of art produced in the past 200 years
Highgate Lads and Countrymen
New biographies of A.E. Housman and Evelyn Waugh expose their rural facades
Our Man On Twitter
Is Tom Fletcher's Naked Diplomacy the new model for British statecraft?
Native Narratives
J.C.H. King's history of Native North America gives a fractured, kaleidoscopic view — not unlike the reality
Betrayal In Jerusalem
Amos Oz's new novel Judas embraces history, debate, and autobiography
All Things Banal And Beautiful
William Eggleston is the godfather of colour art photography and a master of everyday America
Was There An Irish Enlightenment?
What is "enlightenment", and did one happen in 18th-century Ireland?
Napoleon’s Bête Noire
Mme de Staël's works are once again being read, but she deserves to be remembered as a realist as well as a fabulist