Black Spartacus
Black Spartacus
The winner of the Wolfson Prize for History significantly advances neither our knowledge of Toussaint Louverture nor Haiti
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
Water matters
British towns were built on rivers in more than one sense
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Remembering an Agatha Christ-mas
What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Behind the sofa government
Current Tory strategy consists in hiding and hoping the voters don’t notice the mess
Conscious decoupling
Some people consider ideas on their own terms; for others they are inextricable from context
