Culture club
A cherished hub of post-colonial Indian life in London is under threat of closure
Smuggling Plato to Prague
Edward Lucas pays tribute to his father J.R. Lucas, Oxford philosopher and Cold War champion of the Czechs
Utilitarians at the gate
Government and the purpose of higher education
Deviating definitions
Andrew Tettenborn says the trend of redefining certain terms not only hinders social communication but is also almost literally Orwellian
Taking on New Labour
20 years since Dr Richard Taylor won in the Wyre Forest
Call the junk-monger
The trashy Downing Street makeover is a criminal act of hideous uglification
Britain’s online censorship bill
The government’s Online Safety Bill will make us more like the autocracies that propagate disinformation
Opiate of the masses
TV has become a branch of the pharmaceutical industry doling out heavy sedatives
Renaissance prince
Wide-ranging interest and inquiry no longer seems compatible with those who bear the pressures of public life
Splendid isolation
Patrick Galbraith laments the increasing loneliness of rural life
With freedom comes responsibility
Where were all the free-speech warriors when a Labour candidate sent an antisemitic tweet?
The devils that made me a dandy
Joseph Connolly’s enduring passion for sartorial splendour was driven by a childhood addiction to the glamour of TV