The Artist As Connoisseur
Van Dyck, Reynolds and Degas had more than talent in common: they also collected other painters’ work
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
In Today’s Turbulent World We Need Berlin’s Children
Isaiah Berlin’s intellectual heirs are vital voices in an era that challenges liberal assumptions
An Orgy Of Revenge In A Man’s World
L.S. Hilton's Maestra is a spectacular act of revenge on the English upper class and on men
Heaney’s Virgil Is Our Virgil
The posthumous publication of Aeneid VI is a katabasis for Heaney's father
Tell It Like It Is
Is language just a tool, or can it be an end as well as a means?
Seductio Ad Absurdum
What was it like to be wined and dined by Jeremy Thorpe?
The Curse Of Power
The inside story of the Lib Dems in the coalition government is a brave attempt to explain where it all went wrong
From Zion To Darfur
Can tikkun olam save the world?
There Will Be Blood
The realkommerz of global trade makes it difficult to avoid enriching dictatorships and tyrants
From Studio To Dark Room
From the birth of photography, its practitioners and artists fed off each other to find new ways of seeing
The Tragic Disgracing Of A Good German
All Edgar Speyer’s good works could not save him amid the hysteria of the First World War
Did Burke Betray The Cause Of Liberty?
The Everyman edition of Burke's writings shows off the full range of his achievements