Powerful Attraction
A new British-pioneered nuclear reactor can help cut our reliance on fossil fuels
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Will the Tories Give us the Schools We Deserve?
The Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Michael Gove, and the former Chief Inspector of Schools, Chris Woodhead, discuss the Conservatives’ reform plans with Daniel Johnson, the Editor of
The New Sophistry
‘Entertaining the reader is now the main goal of criticism’
Tale of Two Meals
Encouraging a chef’s creativity is fine, until you’re served a triangular wafer in a cocktail glass Recently, I was lucky enough to spend a week in Avignon. The hotel was excellent, the
Seductive Pursuits
Bite the Hand that Feeds You: Essays and Provocations by Henry Fairlie and Best Seat in the House by Frank Johnson
A Reader’s Guide to Thatcherism
As anti-Thatcher literature blossomed in the 1980s, it was tempting to argue that the Right had won the economic war and the Left had won the cultural war. But the real victors of the past 30 years
Tragedy of a Modest Master
A world championship match, held 100 years ago next month, may have been partly responsible for the loser's death
This is England
‘England is perceived by my Continental friends as being a country that is all about belonging or not belonging’
How European are the British?
The writer Piers Paul Read's Catholic vision of the EU confronts the politician David Heathcoat-Amory's Eurosceptic case for Britain as an independent country. The discussion is chaired by Daniel Johnson, the Editor
Colour Me Angry
As a black Conservative parliamentary candidate, my choice of party is often met with either surprise or sneers “You’re so brave!” is the surprised declaration from people when I, a black woman,
Magnus the Great
Magnus Carlsen, the 19 year-old Norwegian wunderkind, is the next chess genius
Dublin’s Disappointment
‘The tone in the parks and pubs was that of disappointment. One man was ready to admit – through clenched teeth – that he wished the Brits would take over again’