09/20/2019 - 9:04am

New book puts John Rawls in the dock The dominance of Rawls' brand of Liberalism has held back philosophy for decades, according to a Harvard professor...

Thursday, September 19

Osborne sticks it to Dave, with love

A timely defence of “stubborn gladness” Am I allowed to feel joyful? It's an argument I often have with myself. This new book of poems by Christian Wiman helps point to an answer...

Elizabeth Oldfield

You wouldn’t think it, but David Lammy was once a thoughtful MP Lammy’s meltdown over Brexit, his descent into the worst kind of racial politics.

Wednesday, September 18

Tucker Carlson: America’s most important pundit

Report: Anarchists vs centrists is the new Left vs Right

Miranda Green’s tough love for the Lib Dems

Meanwhile in Guy Verhofstadt’s back yard…

Tuesday, September 17

What happened to diplomatic etiquette?

Could the Lib Dems outflank the Tories on the Right?

A dangerous moment for democracy

Monday, September 16

Why’s Verhofstadt bigging up empire?

What’s wrong with the weekend news?

Watch: the lone Lib Dem speaking out against revoking Article 50

Saturday, September 14

Weekend Long Read: Camera Above The Classroom

Mary Harrington

Friday, September 13

Calm down, ‘deepfake’ news is not here yet

Alan Johnson on the dark side of ‘community’

In defence of virtue signalling

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, September 12

Four referendums that were never honoured

‘Left-behind’ communities are closer than you think

Wednesday, September 11

Charles Clarke interview: what we got wrong on globalisation

Sorry Diane, you have to put up with Alan Sugar

Tuesday, September 10

Jonathan Franzen’s lesson for the end of the world

The nation’s twitchers are rising up

Where are our unions when we need them most?

Monday, September 9

Extreme? On all issues but one, the Tories have never been softer.

What has the EU ever done for us?

Saturday, September 7

Yale’s real problem is not free speech

Mary Harrington

Friday, September 6

Would you clone your dead cat?

Why we need to remember Martin Weitzman

Harry Potter can be a sacred text

Elizabeth Oldfield

Thursday, September 5

Toryism is not conservatism