Stuart Ritchie’s ‘Science Fictions’ reveals a scholar committed not only to his own discipline but to the wider principles underlying all intellectual endeavour

The money being poured into US elections is soaring – but it’s often wasted

A good field guide, but it won’t make you fall in love with the gull next door

Lisa Hilton savours a timeless French bistro in Pimlico that displays no timidity with the ladle

Graham Stewart talks to Professor Jeremy Black about whether the past can be a servant to the present

If a biography of Boris had been published after his election victory it could have been fairly titled “Boris: A Study in Success”, but twelve months is an eternity in politics

The democratic state has a duty to act as an ideological gate keeper to protect society

A Procrustean bed of critical theory is examining a British military hero – with predictable results

Ministers have always needed people to carry their bags and to tell them what a wonderful job they are doing

Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor