Gods
Gods and monsters
Even in secular regimes, theology always has its revenge
What a piece of work is man
Anna Della Subin’s new book explores how leaders become Gods
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Ukraine cannot avoid partition
Ukraine must not capitulate and demilitarise, but de-facto partition is now an inevitability
End of the Biden farce?
The President’s fragility has been obvious for years — but was he ever in control?
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Consider the way of the tiger
We should learn lessons from Japan as we start to face our own demographic crunch
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Sticky situation
Everyone’s Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe was different. All were revolting
Attack is the best form of defence
The right cannot always be fighting a rearguard action in the culture wars