Benign Minorities
Protecting the rights of Christians in the Arab world should be a Western priority
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Junk and Bunk
Damian Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull is a worthless as it is indulgent
No Such Thing
The infamous phrase shouldn't be attributed to Mrs T — it was first coined by David Lodge in his novel, Ginger, You're Barmy
Burke’s Warning
History may remember the Arab Spring's "noble revolutionaries" in the same terms as those of the French Revolution — utopian and doomed to failure
Abusing Jews
Fashion should not forgive outbursts of fascism at Dior
Romanticising Rosa
The Left must abstain from lionizing the life and work of the Polish-born German Marxist martyr, Rosa Luxemburg
Old Despots’ Home
Exiled tyrants need no longer fear: a luxurious afterlife awaits them in a club for failed dictators George Washington put his money into British government stock, and the Bank of England paid
A Vanished World
Peter Paterson’s engaging memoir evokes an era of Fleet Street camaraderie which has long since disappeared Peter Paterson, the author of an engaging memoir (Much More Of This, Old Boy…? Scenes from
Transit Camp
While celebrity transvestites are much adored in Turkey, their everyday counterparts are the subject of hostile abuse on the streets of Istanbul Beneath the towering domes of Hagia Sophia and the Blue
Free At Last
With the State System failing our children, only free schools can provide an affordable, quality education for all
School Meal Deal
The Deprived Pupil Premium — the eligibility criterion for two years' free university tuition — favours the work-shy and discriminates against working single parents
What is Money?
Is Quantitative Easing really a euphemism for printing money? And should we be more concerned about bank deposits or note issue when it comes to “money aggregate” causing a rise in inflation?