The Write Stuff
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Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Letting The Right Ones In
'How hospitable will Germans be now that travel restrictions on Romanians and Bulgarians have been lifted?'
Hunting the Lynx with the Old Believers
'The first who came to Tuva had come in search of Belovode: a mythical Russian utopia that peasants believed existed out in Siberia'
Cold Comfort On Global Warming
'The main action in Warsaw was to agree on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, but the disagreements are longstanding, fundamental and intractable'
Republicans Cannot Go On As The ‘Party Of No’
For American conservatives to return to the White House in 2016, they must stop running up an escalator that is moving down
Misunderstood For Six Hundred Years
The negative image of Gypsies that persists today is the result of centuries-old xenophobia, misrepresentation and downright fantasy
Performance-Related Pay Will Be A Débacle
Michael Gove's proposal that teachers be rewarded financially for achieving targets undermines the very ethos of the profession
A Self-Portrait Of The Young Man As An Artist
Six years after leaving art school, I finally put on my own show. In that time I have learnt what exactly it means to be a painter
God, Hayek and the Conceit of Reason
The economist knew the survival of civilisation rested on belief but couldn't make the leap of faith
Duller Than Double French
Tristram Hunt found Education Under Siege a useful book. It's nothing more than the dying groans of the blob
The First Steps of a Great Newspaperman
Sarah Johnson introduces an account by her late father of his earliest days in journalism
Blooming Lovely
A new exhibition at the National Gallery brings together two radiant versions of Van Gogh’s sunflowers