21 Jan 2021 - 12:04am

Scepticism is not always the answer Question life all you want – but it has no meaning without our shared humanity

Giles Fraser

21.01

Let Boris have a nap Why is the need for sleep seen as a sign of weakness?

Polly Mackenzie

20.01

What Covid tests can we trust? A ferocious row has broken out among scientists over the reliability of the lateral flow method

Tom Chivers

20.01

After Trump, conservatives must return to core values The lesson for the Right is a simple one: bad company ruins good morals

Peter Franklin

20.01

America and Iran need each other Ever since the Hostage Crisis ended, the two countries have been waltzing out of step

David Patrikarakos

20.01

The heroism of heavy metal The genre was born of Britain's imperial grandeur and industrial might

Mary Harrington

19.01

We need Scepticism more than ever In times of crisis we should encourage — not penalise — critical thinking

Freddie Sayers

19.01

Why French teachers are afraid Following the murder of Samuel Paty, many 'foot soldiers of the Republic' feel abandoned to extremists

Agnes Poirier

19.01

The American Dream that failed With Western democracy in chaos, John Rawls's utopia remains vanishingly elusive

Dominic Sandbrook

19.01

The importance of obscenity A century after Ulysses was banned, a strange paradox remains at the heart of vulgarity

Andrew Doyle

18.01

How Germany came in from the cold A century and a half after unification, the Prussian aberration has lessons for today

James Hawes

18.01

Phil Spector’s fans are now free What can you do if the music you love has been made by a monster?

Sarah Ditum