Dear Sir or Madam
Our refusal to address others as 'Sir' or 'Madam' stems from our ideological revulsion against hierarchy
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Connecticut: My Battle Against Google
‘I cursed and gaped. I closed and reopened the web site and there it all was again, three years of work, plus debt and lack of medical care and some rather bizarre
Schiller’s Poetics of Freedom
The plays of Friedrich Schiller can guide us, or offer a guide to self-guidance, so that we may preserve our freedoms in the face of conflicting moral imperatives
Magnus the Great
Magnus Carlsen, the 19 year-old Norwegian wunderkind, is the next chess genius
Deadly Possibilities
Your Face Tomorrow 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marias
Scandinavian Scandals
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Genius at Work
Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times by William E. Wallace
Dublin’s Disappointment
‘The tone in the parks and pubs was that of disappointment. One man was ready to admit – through clenched teeth – that he wished the Brits would take over again’
A Cry for Freedom
The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the ultimate display of “people power”, but did German reunification work? It was not about bananas — which were unavailable in East Germany — or
Mum’s the Word
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother: The Official Biography by William Shawcross
A Military Solution for Afghanistan
Now that the insurgency is cracking, the time has come for Nato to send more troops into the war zone to finish off the job
A Good Look at Logic
Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitrou