3 Mar 2020 - 12:01am

Why are children’s books so ugly? The state of illustrated kids' books makes one thing clear: we do not value beauty

Mary Harrington

03.03

The world needs curmudgeons We'd fall prey to every hare-brained scheme going if it weren't for grumpy old men and women

Sam Leith

02.03

Where the American Dream goes to die One in 15 US citizens lives in a trailer park — and now predatory speculators are moving in too

Ian Birrell

02.03

Children’s literature has lost the plot Are we teaching toddlers to read without teaching them to think?

Polly Mackenzie

02.03

The dangerous pull of political tribalism Why does believing in one thing mean signing up to an entire creed and picking a side?

James Mumford

28.02

Feminism’s job is far from finished We need young women to stop shouting 'blow jobs are real jobs' and start engaging in meaningful activism

Julie Bindel

28.02

Tinpot Trump is nothing like Hitler Five signs the President is more Central Asian despot than genocidal maniac

Daniel Kalder

28.02

Will coronavirus change the world? As we await a new contagion, the legacy of the Black Death is worth remembering

Ed West

28.02

How the Sweden Democrats came in from the cold As the former fascists move towards the centre, should they be accepted into the political fold?

Douglas Murray

27.02

Forget the Elgin Marbles — give the North East its treasures back London should return the relics it robbed from the regions

James Barr

27.02

Inside the dangerous world of the ‘true believers’ Two new books about extremism reveal how Islamists and neo-Nazis depend on each other

Jenny McCartney

27.02

How Jean Vanier abused my trust The fall of this saint-on-earth shows that darkness lurks where you least expect it

Giles Fraser