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
Oasis: the good boys of rock and roll
For guitar bands since punk, there’s been a tension between credibility and success
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
Something has gone very wrong with “human rights”
When the “rights” of foreign sex criminals are being prioritised above the safety of Britons, we need change
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
50 years ago…
Ali dances, bounces, beckons Foreman on, matador against bull
The death of conservatism?
Individually and collectively, we must choose life
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
