A commanding life
Iron Imperator: Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius. By Iskander Rehman
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
Dear Rishi, what about the arts?
The Tories appear to have no plan for the Arts Council
Paradise dimmed
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?
A civilised discussion
If we are to defend civilisation, we had better pin down what we are talking about
The odd world of Peter Oborne
How has a far-sighted conservative commentator fallen so far?
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
An intelligent book on AI? Very nearly
The threat from AI comes from humans placing too much faith in complex but fallible systems
Labour’s insecurity counsel
A strategy of concession and apology will not build Britain’s soft power
Labour’s timebomb
This one-term Labour government will bequeath a wretched economic mess
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
