Rome
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Wonders and warnings from the ancient world
A new history of Byzantium reveals the inner workings of a late antique empire
Raphael & Rome after Lockdown
For art lovers, now is the perfect time to visit The Eternal City
Latin hero of love-torn teenagers
Tibor Fischer reviews A Thousand Kisses by Frederic Raphael
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
Thou shalt not pray?
The British state is ruthlessly prosecuting thoughtcrime
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Eric Fogey
Dr Fogey genuinely does believe that virtually every enlightened measure of the past 200 years was a mistake
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
From the monstrous to the grotesque
Hitler’s cult of charismatic leadership is indistinguishable from the ideology of National Socialism
Towards a shared Englishness
There is a third way between civic nationalism and ethno-nationalism
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
