Features
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
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
The end of Pevsner
The monumental work of maintaining a live record of the architecture of the UK and Ireland is in danger of being abandoned
The paper tiger and the Russian bear
NATO’s naive and supine response will not drive Putin’s army from Ukraine and emboldens Moscow still further
Send the tools to finish the job
It is imperative that the West once again becomes “the great arsenal of democracy”
Godfather of British geopolitics
The revolutionary global thinking of an Edwardian academic continues to shape attitudes today
The humanity of Horace
The wisdom of someone who has lived a little is at the heart of the verse of the ancient poet who was adopted as the mascot of the Enlightenment
France’s philosopher king
There is a jarring disconnect between Michel Houellebecq’s critiques of sexual liberation and his dissolute lifestyle
How does anything ever get built?
Builders have to meet ever proliferating regulations while single-issue pressure groups wield an effective veto