Parthenon Sculptures
Victims of restitution
This obsession is obscuring important history
All in the family
Most likely, we live in a comfortable nest of light fictions
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Free speech is a waste of breath
Free speech is not our cause, and it gets us nowhere anyway
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa