DIY Stravinsky
The future of art isn't determined by raw cash, as some lamenting the Coalition's Arts cuts dramatically make out
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Serious Business
The considered high-mindedness of Eliot or Larkin is no longer a prerequisite for members of today's literary establishment
Keen Kenyans
Despite 40 per cent unemployment and lack of infrastructure, an entrepreneurial spirit has lead many young Kenyans to prosper
Tripping Up
"Online Reputation Services Providers" threaten the future of user-generated media on the internet
Super Mario
A brilliant writer with remarkable political gifts, Mario Vargas Llosa is a worthy winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Politics of Envy
That Howard Jacobson and V. S. Naipaul are non-members of the London literary establishment does them credit
China’s Great Firewall
The "Golden Shield Project" is blocking access to great swathes of the web, but Chinese netizens are fighting back
See No Evil
The "independent inquiry" into the radicalisation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab at UCL was a pathetic embarrassment
Hegemony 101
Antonio Gramsci's great theory has cropped up in an unlikely place — the A-level geography classroom
Garbage In, Garbage Out
Quebec's approach to garbage disposal shows that political correctness is thriving in Canada
Abolish the Author
The reaction to Thilo Sarrazin's courageous book shows that Germany is indeed abolishing itself
Sell Off the BBC
It's time to think the unthinkable, and admit that privatising the BBC is a great idea