Ancient and modern

Ancient and Modern

2 January 2016 9:00 am

In Living with Difference, a think-tank report on the problems raised by a multi-faith UK, the chair Baroness Butler-Sloss says…

Plato and think-tanks

31 December 2015 3:00 pm

In Living with Difference, a think-tank report on the problems raised by a multi-faith UK, the chair Baroness Butler-Sloss says…

Ancient Greeks and modern entrepreneurs

12 December 2015 9:00 am

There is much talk today of the enthusiasm with which young entrepreneurs are setting up businesses. One reason why this…

Be your own boss

10 December 2015 3:00 pm

There is much talk today of the enthusiasm with which young entrepreneurs are setting up businesses. One reason why this…

Ancient and modern . . . on Jeremy Corbyn’s puppet statecraft

5 December 2015 9:00 am

‘Please do not mistake democracy for division. We’re now allowing people to express their views in a way in which…

Puppet statecraft

3 December 2015 3:00 pm

‘Please do not mistake democracy for division. We’re now allowing people to express their views in a way in which…

Benjamin Clementine hasn’t really dedicated his prize to the Paris victims — yet

28 November 2015 9:00 am

Benjamin Clementine, who won the 2015 Mercury Music Prize for his debut album At Least For Now, received his cheque…

True dedication

26 November 2015 3:00 pm

Benjamin Clementine, who won the 2015 Mercury Music Prize for his debut album At Least For Now, received his cheque…

Why do we assume our western good life will last for ever?

21 November 2015 9:00 am

The slaughter in Paris is a catastrophe for the victims and their families, but the usual hysterical response across the…

Why do we assume our western good life will last for ever?

19 November 2015 3:00 pm

The slaughter in Paris is a catastrophe for the victims and their families, but the usual hysterical response across the…

If he’s lucky, Jeremy Corbyn might be as good on defence as Nero

14 November 2015 9:00 am

Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Nicholas Houghton is worried that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will never use the existing…

Corbyn, Nero and the Bomb

12 November 2015 3:00 pm

Chief of the Defence Staff Sir Nicholas Houghton is worried that Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will never use the existing…

How ancient Athens handled immigrants

7 November 2015 9:00 am

Among all the arguments about how many non-EU immigrants we should let in, campaigners are proposing a scheme for private…

How ancient Athens handled immigrants

5 November 2015 3:00 pm

Among all the arguments about how many non-EU immigrants we should let in, campaigners are proposing a scheme for private…

The emperors of Brussels

29 October 2015 3:00 pm

As both sides of the great EU debate line up their forces, it is worth reflecting on the implications of…

The fall of the Roman republic – and the rise of the EU

29 October 2015 9:00 am

As both sides of the great EU debate line up their forces, it is worth reflecting on the implications of…

Jeremy Corbyn and Pericles: spot the difference

24 October 2015 9:00 am

Whatever else one can say about Jeremy Corbyn, one thing is clear: he is a leader who does not believe…

Pericles vs Corbyn

22 October 2015 2:00 pm

Whatever else one can say about Jeremy Corbyn, one thing is clear: he is a leader who does not believe…

Socrates and Galen on the Great British Bake Off

17 October 2015 8:00 am

As the national girth expands by the second, Auntie, never backward about lecturing us on the topic, continues to glory…

Socrates and Galen on the Great British Bake Off

15 October 2015 2:00 pm

As the national girth expands by the second, Auntie, never backward about lecturing us on the topic, continues to glory…

John McDonnell’s true economic guru: the emperor Nero

10 October 2015 9:00 am

John McDonnell, shadow chancellor in the Corbynite splinter-group, has announced that £120 billion is waiting to be reclaimed from tax…

John McDonnell’s true economic guru: the emperor Nero

8 October 2015 2:00 pm

John McDonnell, shadow chancellor in the Corbynite splinter-group, has announced that £120 billion is waiting to be reclaimed from tax…

Why Cicero would have liked shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander

3 October 2015 8:00 am

Heidi Alexander, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow health secretary, has emphasised how important it is ‘to weave into [Labour’s] language, our narrative…

Cicero on Labour taxes

1 October 2015 1:00 pm

Heidi Alexander, Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow health secretary, has emphasised how important it is ‘to weave into [Labour’s] language, our narrative…

What Tiberius could teach Jeremy Corbyn about democracy

26 September 2015 8:00 am

The virtuous Mr Corbyn is insisting that New Old Labour should return to its traditional republican ways and take decisions…