Kalash
In search of the lost “Greek” tribe of Alexander the Great
A trek through the Hindu Kush to seek out the ancient Kalash people, who claim descent from Alexander’s army
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
We have to rebalance civil society
To influence power, we must organise
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Let’s leave the Commonwealth
There is no point in being a member just to be browbeaten about our past
A race to the bottom
Women should not give legitimacy to an appalling platform
