Features
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
It’s time to stop the rot
Students denounced, lecturers cowed and managers with little interest in truth
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Let’s at least agree rape is wrong
Fundamental feminist theories are under attack from within feminism itself