music festivals
Is the party over for festivals?
Why music festivals have lost their purpose
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Very naughty boys
Progressive parenting is all very well but sometimes misbehaviour needs a firmer approach
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Existential questions
The Conservative Party has to come up with some compelling answers if it is to survive
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling
The misanthropic history man
Yuval Noah Harari has become an intellectual superstar, but his predictions have become wilder and sillier
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Faustian modernity
200 years ago, Goethe invented modern man
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
