The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful

A fevered year of Covid and Trump has produced a record spike in UFO sightings

Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate

John Springs on illustrating US Presidents throughout his career

A remarkable group of intellectuals in pre-war Vienna used philosophy to explain the scientific progess of their time — until they were halted by murder and Nazism

A new BBC documentary captures the spirit of the club that made London a global hub for jazz

Heaven is the Outer-Hebrides – with the electric jolt of the sea trout on the line

An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz

An appraisal of the President’s foreign policy would find he was consistent, traditional, multilateral – and highly successful

The democratic state has a duty to act as an ideological gate keeper to protect society