The medieval shock of the new
Changes in the early modern period forced people to look at themselves anew
A window into the medieval mind
Heaven on Earth captures the extraordinary efflorescence of Gothic architecture in Europe
A prayer for the Holocaust dead
Extra-judicial killing and its long aftermath forms the core of Linda Kinstler’s remarkable new book
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Could Britain have a coherent written constitution?
It seems probable that it would have a Christianity-shaped hole at its core
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Don’t ban the billboards
Campaigns against advertising are pure public health fanaticism
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Intellectual property
Property: The Myth that built the World by Rowan Moore
