Class Not Colour
Left-wing politics is focusing too much on superficial categorisation
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Russian Renaissance
Fresh translations of lesser-known Russian literature are opening up new horizons
Fast Track To The Black
A modest proposal for reducing the National Debt
Victorian Values
A "Metaphysical" dining society sets an example for today's academics
Berlin’s Saviour
"The Humboldt Forum is a spectacular idea. But it will take the right intellectual architect to pull it off. We will have to trust Neil MacGregor"
Saul Bellow’s Gift: A Life Of Observation
A new biography of the American novelist presents a comic genius who never claimed to be exemplary
Dragoman Diplomacy In The Age Of Lepanto
War and religion intertwined in the era of Cervantes
For Richer, For Poorer
Tony Atkinson's book on inequality has strong moral convictions but fails to address the top end of the scale
Two Men Who Mean Business
The economics ideas of two successful entrepeneurs — one Tory, one Labour
Still Alive, Last Time We Heard
Two poets on the pleasure of memory
Fifty Shades Of Sorrow
A compelling novel which echoes Madame Bovary in its depiction of unsatisfying marriage
Snooker Without Balls
Affinity between aficionadoes of baize and board