Et tu? The grim fate of the usual suspects
Peter Stothard’s depiction of the demise of Caesar emphasises the humanity of the emperor’s killer
Why can’t California control predictable fires?
California’s rulers again shift the blame to conservatives rather than admit their own incompetence
In defence of knowledge
Richard Ovenden’s new book is a passionate defence of the sanctity of knowledge expressed through literature
Unquestionably Whitty and Vallance
The outlook is grey, no questions
The wrong sort of women
View from Oxford: some new arrivals may feel less welcome than others
What’s the point of the ECHR?
Social policies have become issues of human rights
Two Cheers for Nuclear Proliferation
An obsession with the dangers of proliferation overlooks its positive effects
The Trump show will go on
Whatever happens in the election, the groups of Americans brought together by the president will continue to revere him
The campus grievance industry
An illiberal network of activists and quangos threatens our cherished academic freedom
Report from Belarus
There is no one left to fight for Europe’s last dictator and his Soviet utopia
The Ides of Boris
The instruments of darkness tell us truths