A weekly reflection on a topical issue.
John Gray sees the European currency as a misconceived project from the outset and thinks the auster
Adam Gopnik reflects on the reason for our obsession with long - form television series and sees a l
Peter Aspden thinks the powerful influence of Greece, both ancient and modern, on European sensibili
Although he loves to read collections of private letters by public figures, Adam Gopnik feels distur
Adam Gopnik wonders why religious people are feeling "persecuted" following the US Supreme Court rul
Adam Gopnik's ten-year family reunion brings into focus the passage of time. "The inescapable mater
Adam Gopnik's experience of writing a libretto casts light on the mysterious relationship between wo
Adam Gopnik found himself supplanted as his family's waffle maker while he was away on a trip and co
"A school's core strength is that it's a school" writes AL Kennedy. She argues that the "monetisatio
"I'm getting old. Not older, just old" begins AL Kennedy. Through childhood memories of drinking Cre
AL Kennedy takes the recent death of a friend - the screenwriter Gill Dennis - as her starting point
AL Kennedy says the election results in Scotland reflect a surge in political engagement in which pe
David Cannadine says when Barack Obama's critics accuse him of acting like a king they're forgetting
The American writer PJ O'Rourke gives his view of the UK election. "In the once solidly red-rosette
David Cannadine reflects on the merits of youth and age in our political leaders and finds the curre
David Cannadine compares the enthusiasm for national commemorations in Britain with the more underst
Howard Jacobson explains why he prefers art to ideology, especially at election time, and always has
Howard Jacobson explains why he dislikes the narcissism of the selfie."It's always possible that the
Howard Jacobson thinks the current focus of male fashion on the ankle region or "mankle", revealed b
