September 21, 2020

Alaska could have ended history If Russia hadn't sold the territory to the USA, the Cold War might have heated up

Daniel Kalder

18.09

Is Donald Trump toast? The pollsters Nate Silver, Doug Rivers and Robert Cahaly have radically different ideas about the coming election

Freddie Sayers

18.09

History began with a counterfactual If Athens had been wiped out by Persia, perhaps none of us would study the past

Tom Holland

18.09

How America came apart A people with no shared narrative or history will find it very hard to keep a lid on disorder and violence

Douglas Murray

18.09

The BBC needs to sack the suits Timid and out of touch, it is churning out banal bulletins and screwing up digital output

Ian Birrell

17.09

How Brahmins lead the fight against white privilege Upper-class Indians are prominent in America's radical racial politics despite centuries of privilege

Razib Khan

17.09

What if Magna Carta had died (in vain)? The agreement between King John and the barons has become part of the English national myth

Polly Mackenzie

17.09

What cats taught me about philosophy By entering our world, our pet felines have given us a window looking out of it

John Gray

17.09

Confessions of a student Marxist It is hard not to conclude that a whole generation has been terribly misled about how best to pursue a life of meaning and resilience

Tobias Phibbs

16.09

Why everyone is stupid except me Twitter users love the Dunning-Kruger effect because it suggests your opponent is an idiot

Tom Chivers

16.09

Cuties isn’t kiddie porn — it’s tragedy We are too squeamish about the power and vulnerability that’s unique to female puberty

Mary Harrington

16.09

Can bad men do good things? The idea that President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize isn't as crazy as it sounds

Stephen Pollard