The Genius of Geometry
David Brooks is political flavour of the month this side of the Atlantic, so in thrall is Westminster to Barack Obama
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
The Longest Journey Will Always Lie Ahead
The last of the wartime travel writers, Patrick Leigh Fermor, may have departed the scene, but the genre he graced is still thriving
Shock Value
For all the Arts community's grandstanding about its political value, none of its number was brave enough to protest the late, great M.F. Husain's plight
Seeing it Through
Osama Bin Laden's death gives credence to the Bush administration and American conservatives who fought against al-Qaeda
Is Suicide Selfish?
Suicide may be driven by noble feelings, but as two recent works of German fiction highlight, it should never be celebrated A curious aspect of the euthanasia debate is the cunning with
Object Lesson
The recently deceased music-loving Sony boss Norio Ohga cared more about the art than the money
Benign Minorities
Protecting the rights of Christians in the Arab world should be a Western priority
He Never Had It So Good
Review of The Macmillan Diaries Prime Minister and After, 1957-1966 Edited by Peter Catterall Macmillan
After Strange Gods
Review of Treason of the Heart: From Thomas Paine to Kim Philby by David Pryce-Jones
False Dawn of Revolution
Book review of Beacon for Change: How the 1951 Festival of Britain Shaped the Modern Age by Barry Turner
Outsider’s Insight
Book review of The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
Artistic Suffering
Book review of At Last by Edward St Aubyn