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What Made The West Great Is What Will Save Us

We must be prepared to defend our civilisation’s values with policies muscular enough to protect us from the growing totalitarian threat

July 4, 2016

Features

Music And The Quest To Rediscover The Sacred

Despite the retreat from faith, many modern composers are inspired by true spirituality

July 4, 2016

Critique

Arnold Wesker’s Bid To Build A New Jerusalem

What is the lasting legacy of the last of the Angry Young Men?

July 4, 2016

Features

The One-Eyed Maths Monster

Leonhard Euler was the presiding genius at the courts of Peter, Frederick and Catherine the Great

July 4, 2016

Cosmos

Portraits Tame, Wild and Savage

Family and friends matter to David Hockney, while George Stubbs was fascinated by the animal kingdom

July 4, 2016

Art

Legacy of a Sir-Realist

The surrealist Sir Roland Penrose, who married Lee Miller, befriended Picasso, and co-founded the ICA

July 4, 2016

Drawing Board

Korchnoi Plays His Last Move

Viktor Korchnoi, who has died at the age of 85, defeated nine world champions but never managed to claim the title for himself

July 4, 2016

Chess

Reckless Oldies

The paradox of the EU referendum is that the over-65s are the keenest to leap into the unknown

May 24, 2016

Counterpoints

Union Parfait

During the Second World War, a "perpetual association" between France and the UK was proposed — in effect, the EU Mark I

May 24, 2016

Counterpoints

Romeo II and III

Did Shakespeare write a sequel to Romeo and Juliet? Compelling intertextual links suggest it's possible

May 24, 2016

Counterpoints

Varsity Matchless

University Challenge is a novel delight for an American

May 24, 2016

Counterpoints

Canada’s First Nations Come Last

The problems faced by indigenous communities in Canada have no easy answers

May 24, 2016

Dispatches

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