Embers to tend
The brilliance of Sappho has been obscured by rumour and neglect
The artist formerly known as Nero
The life and death of Rome’s last Julio-Claudian emperor revealed every Roman fear about the dangers of one-man rule
So long, Socrates
Socrates turned relentless questioning into a way of life — and paid for it with his own
Saved from the flames
We should feel fortunate indeed to have the Aeneid
The fading flame of fellowship
An institution at the heart of Oxbridge colleges is in grave danger of disappearing
Michelangelo and all that
A well-informed and surprisingly readable book
Why ARC mattered
It offered the chance for serious reflection in rewarding company
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
How to deface a national treasure
Once lauded as one of the most charming historic cities in England, Cambridge is being ruined by architectural monstrosities and ill-thought-out traffic schemes
BC/AD
The dating system invented by Tiny Dennis
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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
Don’t expand the Equality Act
Labour should not expand the Equality Act — it will hit the poor hardest
A carnivore’s arcadia
Bowled over by a de luxe fillet steak
Art: my part in its downfall
Pierre d’Alancaisez was part of the
contemporary art world’s inner circle until
he saw the error of his ways
Zelda Zingari
Arty types: the fashionable poet
Where are all the ambitious Scots?
Whole sectors were once dominated by Caledonian migrants
Taking the Sheen off
Shiny old lies remain the very bedrock of our trade
Anti-gambling campaigners need a reality check
Affordability checks on punters are counter-productive
The original sin
It should not have been difficult to see that there were problems with appointing Peter Mandelson
Badgers, banknotes and British decline
Ed Davey might admire Winston Churchill but he should have learned from him
The centre-left is out of ideas
The new journal Arguably barely makes an argument
The EU is getting worse
Ursula von der Leyen’s left-wing managerial agenda is failing