Grade Deflation
To Miss With Love by Katharine Birbalsingh
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Reptiles, Sharks and Other People
Book review of The Spoiler by Annalena McAfee and Other People’s Money by Justin Cartwright
Pope Benedict’s New Testament
Thanks to Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic Church is making a vibrant and intellectually rigorous contribution to modern society Captivated audience: Pope Benedict XVI on his recent visit to London (PA) Eleanor
An Awfully British Medium
The subtleties of watercolour reflect the national character—and it’s still going strong
The Drumming of an Army
The Australian floods were encapsulated by underrated national poet, Dorothea Mackellar, whose poem "My Country" best captured the post-diluvian mood
A Turkish Delight
Book review of Turkey: A Short History by Norman Stone
Not All Roads Lead to Rome
Book review of The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples by David Gilmour
Promise and Redemption
Book review of Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Philosophy as Confession
Book review of Little Did I Know: Excerpts from Memory by Stanley Cavell
Family Values
Book review of Unnatural: The Heretical Idea of Making People by Philip Ball
The Old Lady Lifts Her Skirts
Book review of The Bank of England: 1950s to 1979 by Forrest Capie
A British Model of Modernism
How insular is our sculpture? Not very, as a major new exhibition at the Royal Academy reveals