Saving Greece
The UK should solve the Greek crisis by offering to buy the rest of the Parthenon
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Home Sweet Home
The pleasure of reading archetypally English books while abroad
Mr Gove, Here Is Our Statute of Liberty
The European Convention is no longer fit for purpose. It is time for the Lord Chancellor to enshrine our freedoms in British law
Undeterred, Erdogan Usurps Ataturk’s Legacy
Turkish democracy remains under threat despite Erdogan's election setback
Sentimental Nihilism And Popular Culture
Commercial art forms may yet save the Western tradition from its propensity to self-destruction
The Greatest Man I Ever Knew?
The rich, varied, and absorbing life, and careers, of John Freeman
Click Here For The Revolution
David Cameron's former director of strategy has a manifesto for the modern world
Last Days Of India’s Empress
A biography of Indira Gandhi's final years offers insights into a dark period of unmitigated corruption in Indian politics
Reflections On Bourke’s Burke
A careful and learned account which will be required reading for future historians of Burke
Bearing Witness
Sarah Helm's powerful "biography" of Ravensbruck gathers vital testimony from the camp's survivors
Sketches By Bozzy
The youthful indiscretions of Johnson's biographer
Denying The Deniers
What could have been a skewering of our censorious times is merely a missed opportunity