I Think, Therefore I Am – An Individual
How the modern ideal of individuality can leave us adrift in a value-free world
Politics, Ideas and the Arts
Annie v. Elvis
When celebrities get involved in politics, they should look to Elvis rather than Annie Lennox In January, Annie Lennox released a statement on the Gaza conflict, saying that as a mother and
A Home of their Own
The relocation of the law lords to their new Supreme Court, at the Middlesex Guildhall, is a good move It’s a move that would make Channel 4’s property experts Phil Spencer and
Buzzing Off
The collapsing honey bee population and its impact on the planet What has happened to the bees? Across the planet, the honey bee population is in a state of collapse. In Britain,
Desperation’s Noticeboard
Classified: The Secret History of the Personal Column by H.G. Cocks
Birds of a Feather
Plumes: Ostrich Feathers, Jews, and a Lost World of Global Commerce by Sarah A. Stein The ostrich is an exceedingly ugly bird with beautiful feathers – so beautiful that for four decades
Blown Up in Bin Laden Country
Is Pakistani intelligence allowing the country’s tribal areas to become a Taliban stronghold? What can the West do about it? The moment the bomb exploded, our Frontier Corps driver slammed on the
Beacon of Liberty Amid Depression
Just over 70 years ago, a group of intellectuals met in Paris to revive liberalism. Their views have an eerie echo today
Nothing Left But the Credits
Philip French, who has died aged 82, was the doyen of British film criticism. In 2009, in the run-up to the Oscars, he discusses the demise of cinema as an art form
The Stem Cell Wars are Over
Thanks to a breakthrough, human embryos need not be sacrificed in the cause of science
Prague: Diary
‘The post-1989 temptation in Prague has been two-fold. The first has been to legislate the totalitarian past out of existence, the second has been to copy the liberal West blindly at a
A Blind Eye to Stalin
Soviet Constructivism is coming to town in the (emotionless) shape of an exhibition at Tate Britain