European Literature
Why the Odyssey matters
Its themes will always be relevant to the human experience
Puckish polymath
Italo Calvino’s imagination spanned the cosmos but his concerns were very human
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Escape to the country
Some tractor-acceptance meditation might help with moving day
The problem with prohibiting political dishonesty
It will be used to stifle freedom and not just to curb mistruths
Institutional feminism against women
The likes of Julia Gillard and Jess Phillips have enabled misogyny
Smart but ill-suited
Michael Anton was too good for the administrations that he helped to create
The green myth
Tom, Chris and Graham explore our April edition
Albion’s re-enactors
Beneath Restore Britain’s rhetoric lies an impulse to retreat from history itself
The hidden bureaucracy shaping Britain’s university curriculum
Putting an end to ideological capture must start with the Quality Assurance Agency
The false filibuster framing
There was nothing undemocratic about resistance to the Assisted Dying Bill
How the Civil Service was the ruin of Keir Starmer
A weak and indecisive prime minister delegated too much to Whitehall
The Goodwin that failed
Pareto and the problem of elite circulation
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes