Intellectuals
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
What I learned from failing my PhD
Intellectual life shouldn’t be a combat sport
The problem with Parris
Muddle-headed midwit journalists should stop dabbling in armchair theology
The conversion of Paul
The political journey of Paul Johnson, who renounced his socialist ideals to become a standard-bearer of the Right
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Lutfur Rahman and the future of localism
A new and dangerous kind of local politics is emerging in Britain
Criminal damage remains criminal
A new judgment has challenged a convoluted legal defence of property damage
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Liz Truss was right but naive
She grasped the scale of Britain’s plight but misunderstood the nature of power
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
