Snobs
Remembering an unfashionable writer
BBC Radio 4 attempts to resurrect fallen literary figures.
Profile: Noam Chomsky
The American linguistics professor who is forever at odds with his country
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Sunak, false equivalence and the phantom far right
There is no comparison between the threat of Islamism and the threat of the far right
The original error of educationalists
Universities are not teaching students to be able to think for themselves
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
Woke invades the sciences
The intrusion of irrational ideology is distorting and censoring science
Fine art versus luxury goods
The auction houses’ love expensive brands
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
