Ovid
Riffing on the poetic tradition
William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
Twitter has always been toxic
Bluesky is a reminder of an earlier form of smug spitefulness
Don’t appeal to our worst instincts
How many will talk themselves into asking for a parent’s early death if money is involved?
Heroes, villains and lessons in life
Intellectual history, sneered at in Oxford 40 years ago, is all the rage there now
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?