Month: January 2020

Total Results: 80

January 28, 2020

Why kids today should get hooked on the classics As a post-Christian crisis of meaning undermines the West, we should learn lessons from the pre-Christian world

How will Britain cope without empire? Our diminished nation needs a democratic refit as we leave imperial Europe

Jonathan Rutherford

Monday

27.01

The roots of identitarian liberalism Joseph Roth understood the dangers of identity politics long before the term was invented

It’s time for the doom-mongers to clock off Why do scientists think the world is closer than ever to destroying itself?

Should we be allowed to lie about our age? Not all age-based discrimination is bad — sometimes it's necessary

Friday

24.01

What unites the Nazis and Communists? It is well worth climbing the literary mountain that is Vasily Grossman's <i>Life and Fate</i>

Salvini’s plan to smash Italy’s red wall Italy's populist leader appeals to millions battered by EU austerity and globalisation

Nicholas Farrell

Don’t ask voters how to solve climate change When national survival is at stake, you call in the experts and worry about the electorate’s consent later

Richard Askwith

The Scottish town that rejected nationalism In East Fife, Scottish nationalism has slowly become more attractive

What would you sacrifice for integrity? Terrence Malick's new film interrogates a moral dilemma with pernicious modern relevance

Thursday

23.01

Why the mummy wars are really class wars Notionally scientific parenting questions are in truth vehicles for class and cultural debates

Mary Harrington

Rural Cornwall is right to be anxious If the duchy is to survive Brexit, something must be done about its not-so-splendid isolation