Historical metafiction

An intellectual tries — and fails — to find deep philosophical justifications for the modern wave of tattooing

Two newly translated books evoke chapters of the divided and discarded history of Germany’s capital

We need a “Philosophy SAGE” to test the logic behind Covid policies

In the decade since his death, Christopher Hitchens’s weaknesses have become our own

Historians are better placed to explain malicious acts than philosophers, who strive to subordinate them to reason

Human Frontiers is an entertaining, zippy read but it feels one layer down from its ostensible subject: big ideas

How the facts of Hannah Arendt’s life read like fiction

Francis Fukuyama got it very wrong

The UK Sports Councils’ new guidance on trans inclusion is a breath of fresh air