Basically wrong
The arguments for a basic income are as idealistic as they are simplistic. Its proponents are pursuing misguided ideals.
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Tory home truth
The decline in the proportion of owner-occupiers means a decline in the number of Conservative voters
Take Tucker’s tip
Disasters happen when the last man who can remember what happened last time has retired. Now is the time for new thinking
All go for lingo
There's an entrenched myth that learning a second language as a grown-up is a Herculean — or even Sisyphean — task. It isn’t
Stick to love
The sequel to Call Me By Your Name should not be politicised
Putin’s playthings
Nato's response to the Skripal poisoning has revealed its disunity
Penny foolish
The 1p piece is useless, but it is less than half a century since it was bright and new
Dürer’s diversion
A Milan exhibition shows how much Dürer was influenced by the Italian masters
Unsafe space
How can students win the battle for free speech on campus?
The animal vote
Animal welfare is a political open goal — and Brexit is a one-off chance to establish better standards in the UK
Numbers game (contd.)
The Monty Hall problem requires clear, unbiased thinking as new information comes in
My private Paris
Get a gallery to yourself in Paris: pick an unfashionable country or a passed-over period