No, He Can’t
The people who voted fro Obama to save Medicare and Medicaid are deluding themselves: these programmes won't be saved by the President's waffle
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Ring Leaders
The London Boxing Academy Community Project provided an opportunity for expelled teens to escape the cycle of benefit culture and gang life — its innovation should be celebrated
Just Not Kosher
Jewish Mum of the Year is both offensive and fails to explain the vagaries of Jewish life without resorting to shameful stereotyping
This Strange and Contradictory Poet
Far from being a thoroughly aestheticised figure, John Keats had an active social conscience; his critics were suspicious of his radical politics
The Olympian and His Thunderbolt
Robert Oppenheimer, far from being a one-dimensional Dr Atomic, was a tragic character of huge erudition
History Joys
A new wave of rarefied history is the perfect antidote to the ubiquitous TV-celeb historians
How Supercam Can Win the Next Election
Cameron thinks Obama’s victory vindicates Osborne’s social liberalism but they both need to focus on aspiration and prosperity
The Indelible Terror of the Cruelty of Children
Sixty years ago I was subjected to systematic verbal and physical abuse by a boy called Michael. I have never forgotten the fear I felt
How to Exorcise the Ghost of Penury Yet To Come
No pot of money supports the promise of state pensions—the system is unsustainable. A new savings model is needed
A Pilgrimage Through Paddy’s London
Devotees of Patrick Leigh Fermor celebrate the charismatic writer and adventurer with a tour of his Mayfair haunts
The Long Life of a Charming Nomad
In her biography of Patrick Leigh Fermor, Artemis Cooper tells the compelling story of an extraordinary career
Norway’s Problem with Anti-Semitism
Soon Jews will have no visible presence in the most prosperous nation on earth. No one is protecting them