Politics
Why are our politicians afraid of politics?
The depoliticisation of policy should concern us all
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Putting a gloss on big ideas
On the outsize influence of small magazines
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
What is it with populists and comical haircuts?
Crazy hair can be as much of an asset to a firebrand politician as crazy rhetoric
Two cheers for Goodwinism
Is Matthew Goodwin right about shifting to the left on economics?
What does philosophy matter?
Philosophy is essential to our modern times, but it can also be dangerous
The culture war has become the culture
On the discourse and the subject
Power, politics and mental illness
Our mental health discourse is deeply hypocritical
The liturgy of ESG
Against the depoliticisation of contested values
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit
Women can have short hair, too
Pseudo-progressives are resurrecting gender stereotypes
The Turner Prize’s identity crisis
The art establishment has revived competent drawing in spite of itself
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
Useful idiot
Rishi Sunak is the Labour Party’s strongest asset
Bits and pieces
Can the digital age can demystify the art world?
J.K. Rowling does it again
Why does one woman’s opinion cause so much outrage?
Was The Bible written by slaves?
A new book maintains that enslaved scribes and readers may have affected the shaping of Christian ideas
Godfather of the Reformation
Cranach’s impact on the Reformation would have been impossible without his earlier success as a secular artist
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture
It’s our party and we’ll cry if we want to
Women face grim choices in the forthcoming election
