New Greek Myths
Frustration for the Greeks romanticism
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Texting Gove
We have a long way to go before our children get the kind of education they deserve
Weimar NW5
A musical evening in North London recreates the spirit of the Weimar Republic
High pressure
A new play shows how weather forecasting affected the Normandy landings
Belonging with Britain
‘Maybe the British stance is not born out of an insular stubbornness-it may, on the contrary, re-invigorate the European idea itself'
Strangers in their own Holy Land
The embattled Christian communities in Bethlehem and Nazareth
Jonathan Miller: One Man, Two Cultures
As he turns 80 this summer, this remarkable polymath deserves to be fêted as a populariser of science and pioneer in the arts
Flawed but Thrilling Anatomy of Empire
This study of empire building is imaginative and vivid, but has a loose grip on detail
Poet Laureate of the English Shires
A hundred and fifty years after his death, John Clare remains the greatest lyricist of country life
Burke’s Enduring Brilliance
A new book shows how Edmund Burke's thoughts are still relevant to our present discontents
A Putrid Pact between Devils
An excellent book on the deal between Hitler and Stalin that shocked the world 75 years ago
Talking ’Bout My Generation
Three memoirs explain what it was like growing up in the postwar era and how their generation shaped Britain and America