Modernity
Can our duties set us free?
Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint
O blind new world
Behind modernity’s moralistic exhortations lies a cold-blooded mania for total control
God wake ye, Merry England
The decadence and excess of the city is of a piece with puritanical restraint
Antique business
Thomas Woodham-Smith on an old trade in a brave new world
Bad Law Project?
The good, the bad, and the ugly of crowdfunding legal cases
Hail Mary
A Bloody Mary is perfect at almost any time of day and in every kind of weather
Can Putin’s conductor redeem himself?
Gergiev’s road to redemption
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
Whitehall’s whispering mandarin
A tribute to Sir Roy Stone, whose secretive role at the heart of Westminster made government possible
What would Boris do if he had to resign?
A discussion of life after premiership
The Beatles: occasionally fab four
Their output was more mixed than many critics would like to believe
Studio: The “Fallas” of Valencia
Fierce rivalries in a shared sport
Happy Malvinas Day
Letters from the Falklands front: storming the embassy?
Pipe down and play up
We need more silence in sport