Agnes Callard
Talk is deep
Thought as a social process rather than a private mental activity
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American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Rewatching the English
English identity has become too surreal and discomfiting to define
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Jolly boating weather
The Gondoliers, English Touring Opera, Hackney Empire
Warm home, wrong decision
Ministers are once again choosing the most politically convenient response to rising energy costs, not the most effective one
“You can’t preach here!”
A hostile attitude towards preaching threatens freedom of religion and freedom of speech
Surrogacy is not a human right
Noble principles are being twisted to prop up an exploitative ideology
Assisted suicide has been dealt a fatal blow
The Scottish Parliament arrived at the right decision. Westminster should do the same
The promises of politicians
We are surrounded by lies, euphemisms and deceit
Why we should explore space
Space exploration lifts the human spirit: rather than asking “Why?”, we should ask “Why not?”
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The RAM should face the music
Why the Royal Academy of Music shuts of pupils from private schools
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Andy Burnham’s immigration double game
Andy Burnham might make sceptical noises about mass migration but they mean nothing in practice