In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Letter to Brezhnev: a lesson for today?
The 1985 film directed by Frank Clarke is a homage not only to Liverpool, but to hope, risk, and love
Why you should add chess to your home school curriculum
It is strange to think that a piece of wood on a board can be so emblematic of what it means to be human
Paul Heaton: an undervalued musical genius
For all his success, Heaton remains surprisingly niche – which is probably just how he likes it
Why Aristotle was right about causation
The Michael Dummett vs Antony Flew debate: What comes first, the cause or the effect?
C.S. Lewis, “Transposition”, and the philosophy of mind
C. S. Lewis has been revered as a writer but overlooked as a philosopher
What does AI’s possibility make us think about ourselves?
The real moral danger of ‘artificial intelligence’ is not what you think it is
We can’t even give them away
Let’s not pretend we have sovereignty over the Chagos Islands
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
