Dalai Lama
Beijing's plan to pick the next Dalai Lama
Imagine for a moment that Cuba picked the next Pope. That is the scenario which Lobsang Sangay, the then-Sikyong (the…
Chairman Mao devours his foes
Frank Dikötter, professor of humanities at the University of Hong Kong and winner of the Samuel Johnson prize in 2011,…
George Osborne’s epic kowtow to China
Cameron and Osborne have a very clear China policy: do whatever China wants
‘Money, money, money: where is morality?’: the Dalai Lama on David Cameron’s China policy
The Dalai Lama on Cameron’s China policy
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, told Parliament that he had authorised the killing, on 21 August, by means of…
Michael Eavis has brought more joy to more people than almost any Englishman alive
I had meant to write a dispassionate account of this year’s Glastonbury, really I had. But I’m afraid my plans…