In the dictionary of the demagogues there is only a single word: obey

Private education is under threat from Oxbridge quotas and soaring fees, to the detriment of bright scholarship pupils

The classicist and military historian makes the case fo the president – and a second upset

Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas

Can we invent myths or are they what make us what we are?

Nigel Jones compares the power of rumours in Wartime Britain with the fake news afflictions of our Covid-stricken society

Will Covid lead to a rebalancing of the British economy or will normal service resume? Graham Stewart discusses with John Mills

Katrina Gulliver delves into two new publications entitled ‘American Awakening’, and discovers that one is an exhortation, the other an ironic description of the current process of politics and society

American conservatives and Polish liberals are both right about abortion law. It should be a matter for elected politicians, not Supreme Courts

Catholic catechism is one thing, but the beliefs of the more than a billion adherents are often something entirely different