Literature amid lies
Leonardo Sciascia sought justice in the face of cynicism
The story of a lifetime
Whole life novels lay bare the randomness and haphazardness of life
The genre that came in from the cold
Why we love spy fiction
Alberto Giacometti’s visions of war
Sadly, the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti still speak to us today
The darkness of enlightenment
A new exhibition of the work of Joseph Wright of Derby has much to tell us about science and the soul
Caravaggio’s great extremes
Caravaggio’s art is a vivid rebuke to an artificial idealised reality
How Schopenhauer can change your miserable life
A philosopher of pessimism has much to teach us about navigating a grim universe
Why the Odyssey matters
Its themes will always be relevant to the human experience
Why the world could be more dangerous in 2025
The old order is breaking apart and bad actors are taking advantage
End of the Long Peace?
Our technological and institutional sophistication will not eliminate conflict
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The establishment is still living in an immigration fantasy land
It is influential left-wingers, not the broader public, who have deluded themselves on mass migration
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
On Britain as a capitalist command economy
It is neither neoliberal nor socialist but a secret third thing
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Keep your kids off social media
Childhood is too precious to be turned into content
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
Police policies must be reformed
If we are to have policing “without fear or favour” then it is time for change
The fateful road to the great dictators
Weimar Germany / Red Dawn Over China
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Storycraft is soulcraft
A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms and heroism after disenchantment
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
Failing to face the facts
The Tories’ rosy view of their recent election drubbing reveals a reluctance to have the tough intellectual debate needed to secure the party’s future
Wrestling with realignment
Labour will use the Irish Sea border as an excuse to realign with the EU’s rules
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Crisis? Watt crisis?
Renewable energy promises the gold at the end of a rainbow