John Donne
Seductive, scholarly life of the poet-priest
This new biography of John Donne brings the centuries-dead poet to life
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
An open letter on academic free speech
Calls for more intellectual openness are not a defence of Islamists and Holocaust deniers. A response to Mark Ferguson MP
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
The crisis of teaching
Everybody is to blame for the declining standards in universities
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Finding faith
Peterson spends great time and care examining a cornucopia of Biblical stories
A bloodless coup in Bucharest
How can elections be cancelled without substantive reasons even being presented?
The future that never came
Post-war London was saved from a modernist masterplan
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Why has Tehran released Toomaj Salehi?
The regime is said to be split over whether to target high-profile protesters
