Cuddly or Creepy?
Ed says he loves your children as much as you do: a claim at once vacuous and disturbing
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Putting A Value On Human And Animal Life
The Australian philosopher Peter Singer and the Oxford theologian Nigel Biggar discusses genocide, infanticide, euthanasia, animal rights and God with the Editor of Standpoint, Daniel Johnson
Seeing it Through
Osama Bin Laden's death gives credence to the Bush administration and American conservatives who fought against al-Qaeda
Royal Flush
Liberal objections to the British monarchy overinflate its symbolic significance
Is Suicide Selfish?
Suicide may be driven by noble feelings, but as two recent works of German fiction highlight, it should never be celebrated A curious aspect of the euthanasia debate is the cunning with
Object Lesson
The recently deceased music-loving Sony boss Norio Ohga cared more about the art than the money
Benign Minorities
Protecting the rights of Christians in the Arab world should be a Western priority
Junk and Bunk
Damian Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull is a worthless as it is indulgent
He Never Had It So Good
Review of The Macmillan Diaries Prime Minister and After, 1957-1966 Edited by Peter Catterall Macmillan
After Strange Gods
Review of Treason of the Heart: From Thomas Paine to Kim Philby by David Pryce-Jones
False Dawn of Revolution
Book review of Beacon for Change: How the 1951 Festival of Britain Shaped the Modern Age by Barry Turner
Outsider’s Insight
Book review of The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst