Conservative America still vibrantly upholds the cause of Western civilisation

She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?

Part two of Mahan Esfahani’s deconstruction of the modern association of pianist Glenn Gould with Bach’s Goldberg Variations

Architect John Outram fused high-tech and tradition to create his own unique style

The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners

Down with the gratitude-bloat of authors’ endless lists of acknowledgements

Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem

Our current ethical guidelines are hopelessly inadequate for a new era of unimaginable technological change

Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control

The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition