Felipe Fernández-Armesto is inspired by an old menu

It should have been obvious all along

Crisis is the pinwheel of modern democratic politics

Ian McEwan has always tempered his shocking stories with polished prose

Sadly, temperance is far better for the bottom line

John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?

Mariame Clément’s new production of Don Giovanni falls prey to modern mores.

If racial disparities don’t equate to racism, then what does explain it?

Proposals for constitutional reform will only weaken our parliamentary democracy

Censorship is not only desirable but necessary if a democratic society and its laws are to function correctly