Jonathan Rauch
Matters of fact in a post-truth world
The message of The Constitution of Knowledge is one of hope, as Rauch urges those who resent the censors to “unmute” themselves
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
Dissent is not hatred
We must resist the idea that disagreement with modish beliefs is reducible to ill-feeling
Dumbing down the priesthood
Unless the Church reinstates rigorous college-based training for clerics, it will wither away
The sentinel sleeps in Lothian
A new book is full of architectural treasures that the Scottish Government should do a better job of treasuring
High art or high camp?
Elektra, Royal Opera House
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
With their pants down
The Conservatives are in a nightmare they cannot wake up from
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
