8 Nov 2021 - 12:01am

Leonard Cohen was enslaved by Eros He elevated sex to the sublime life force of creation

Maurice Glasman

28.10

Our Queen’s finest moment Vulnerability brings her closer to her subjects

Giles Fraser

09.09

Who wants to live forever? The social care crisis can't be fixed with more money

Giles Fraser

11.08

Covid isn’t the end An elegy to vanished kingdoms shows this is not how civilisations collapse

Niall Gooch

01.07

The immortal Princess Diana She was no saint — she was a celebrity cut off in her prime

Tom Holland

15.06

Who killed the Prince of Soho? The mysterious death of Bernie Katz symbolised the district's decay

Mark Edmonds

10.06

Why wait to die? We're adding miserable years to the end of our lives

Lionel Shriver

05.05

Have we seen the end of Covid? Just one coronavirus death was recorded in the UK on Monday — compared to hundreds for cancer

Tom Chivers

24.04

How France lost her dignity A civilisation that legalises euthanasia loses all respect

Michel Houellebecq

25.01

The uncomfortable truth about death The pandemic has forced us to confront our mortality - and that is no bad thing

John Lee

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

03.09

Has lockdown left you with existential angst? Covid confinement has forced many to wrestle with thoughts of mortality and meaning

Giles Fraser