Philosophy
What does it mean to be free?
Women are caught between different experiences of freedom and loss
Must we cancel Plato?
Right-wing cancel culture might be marginal but it is unfortunate nonetheless
A God-shaped hole
Our thought needs theology as much as our hearts need transcendence
Trapped in an identity crisis
The invention of identity is both a tragic and a universal story
Wandering thoughts
When my legs stopped walking, my mind carried on
Still living in MacIntyre’s world
The philosopher who diagnosed liberalism’s contradictions
How not to argue
A new book is an unreliable guide to talking about controversial issues
Lifeless coaching
The rise of life coaches shows how little we understand life
Talk is deep
Thought as a social process rather than a private mental activity
Living well need not always mean living healthily
We should reject safetyism and embrace an uncomplicated zest for life
Most Read
The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The case against Project Spire
The Church of England should abandon this misleading and expensive exercise in virtue signalling
Racing in revolt
The sport continues along a path towards its collapse, spurning any opportunity for reform
The bonfire of British history
Absentee landlords’ neglect allows architectural jewels to be burned to the ground
Defending liberalism from its defenders
Liberalism should mean anything but a more interventionist state
How the Boat Race sank
Yet another great British tradition is disappearing beneath the waters of history
A.E. Housman
The poet is less read than he once was but his deep love of England still resonates
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening
Beauty from the ruins of war
Painting gave artists and their viewers a temporary way out of the grim wartime reality