Why Immanuel Kant matters
Immanuel Kant is often misunderstood — and he is partly to blame. But what he has to say is well worth thinking about
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Martians, mushy peas, leprechauns (and gin)
An awful lot of advertising is graceless and uninviting. But very occasionally an advert has the cheek to be enjoyable and funny
The complex cruelty of comedy
With comedians coming under pressure to only perform ideologically pure material, can comedy and satire survive?
Inside the Russian psyche
The UK remains surprisingly reluctant to dig deep into the patterns shaping Russia’s view of the world
Frank Ramsey: a giant among Titans
The short life of the mathematician and philosopher continues to have a profound impact
Machiavelli’s virtue politics
Modern politicians can learn from the Renaissance
Goodthink and crimethink
Linguistic revisionism leads to rapid substitution of meaning: words are deployed as weapons to shut down independent thought
Engineering the soul of China
Xi’s revolution in values and education is a tool for totalitarianism
Prophets and messiahs
Deep inequality, a mismanaged pandemic, widespread violence and a tanking economy. How did Brazil get into this mire?
D’où parles-tu? The post-truth world
Power, illusion and the open society: how postmodernism undermines our foundational concepts
The importance of talking about nothing
Covid-19 is forcing abrupt change on Japanese office life and traditions
Why Schiller still matters
The great dramatist was an Enlightenment philosopher as well as playwright. His inquiries into humanity had a political dimension