A very English intellectual
For all his European frame of reference George Steiner stayed in Cambridge for a very good reason
A brilliant life of ideas, insight and politics
Gertrude Himmelfarb: an intellectual giant who believed history could save us
Poet who wrote for all of us
Daniel Johnson says that Clive James’s enduring legacy is his verse
The intellectual who underrated the voters
Philosopher turned pragmatist, my great friend Oliver Letwin has been an enigma for much of his political career
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
Sinn Fein and European Values
Brussels shuns Poland’s and Hungary’s governments – but will happily break bread with Sinn Fein.
Stag do
Patrick Galbraith takes a shot at deer stalking
Not drinking but drowning
Lisa Hilton sees Venice disappear beneath the flood waters again and fears for the future
A doctor’s rites
Theodore Dalrymple reveals how the choice of words in medical obituaries are important
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
How to get history wrong: a case study
Jeremy Black explains the strange case of Edward Lucas