Enlightenment
Sir Tony embraces the old
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
A crisis of truths
In our partisan, post-truth age of fake news and “follow the science”, the link between facts, narrative and power has never seemed more stark
The Qing-quisition
Why did the Chinese bureaucracy succeed where the Catholic Church failed?
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
Oh, the humanities
Not your average masturbatory scholarship
An alternative to higher ed
We need more paths for young people
Fall into the gin trap
Nothing is better than a clean spirit
Virginia Woolf: Teflon goddess of the trivial
She was nasty, crude, racist and often a poor writer — so why is she revered?
From RP to cock-er-ney
Why can’t politicians be themselves?
The odd couples
Against the Prime Minister/Chancellor diarchy
Form-filling our way to excellence
British universities are ill-served by the Research Excellence Framework
A bird-lover’s lament
Patrick Galbraith’s debut offers a quirkily enjoyable journey through a netherworldly Britain
Broad horizons
Libraries are now much less about places to house books as places for people to work
A singular modern master
Architect John Outram fused high-tech and tradition to create his own unique style
Porn on trial
The exploitative economics of online pornography