What will Net Zero cost?
Extravagant plans for a greener country will provide cold comfort for ordinary people
France’s unspoken, unfinished civil war
France’s cycle of social unrest and politically polarised elections has its roots in the Algerian conflict and the ensuing unresolved struggle for the soul of the nation
De-Goulding: an incomplete coda
Part two of Mahan Esfahani’s deconstruction of the modern association of pianist Glenn Gould with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
A singular modern master
Architect John Outram fused high-tech and tradition to create his own unique style
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
Dedication’s what you need
Down with the gratitude-bloat of authors’ endless lists of acknowledgements
Beauties and the beasts
Our urge to anthropomorphise animals obscures the fact that we are all part of the same complex ecosystem
Good and evil on the new frontier
Our current ethical guidelines are hopelessly inadequate for a new era of unimaginable technological change
A real world of consciousness
Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control
Seeing the big picture
The most enduring historical work reveals eternal truths about the human condition
Women should not be for sale
We must challenge the Left’s view of prostitution as “progressive” and “sex work” as liberating
The Colston 4 and the fog of law
The politicised trial of the Bristol statue topplers shows the law surrounding protests is mired in confusion
Germany’s crisis of conscience
An unholy alliance of Berlin capitalists and intellectuals has disastrously misjudged the Ukraine war