28 Jan 2020 - 12:00am

How will Britain cope without empire? Our diminished nation needs a democratic refit as we leave imperial Europe

Jonathan Rutherford

27.01

The roots of identitarian liberalism   Joseph Roth understood the dangers of identity politics long before the term was invented

John Gray

27.01

It’s time for the doom-mongers to clock off Why do scientists think the world is closer than ever to destroying itself?

Tom Chivers

27.01

Should we be allowed to lie about our age? Not all age-based discrimination is bad — sometimes it's necessary

Peter Franklin

24.01

What unites the Nazis and Communists? It is well worth climbing the literary mountain that is Vasily Grossman's <i>Life and Fate</i>

Douglas Murray

24.01

Salvini’s plan to smash Italy’s red wall Italy's populist leader appeals to millions battered by EU austerity and globalisation

Nicholas Farrell

24.01

Don’t ask voters how to solve climate change When national survival is at stake, you call in the experts and worry about the electorate’s consent later

Richard Askwith

24.01

The Scottish town that rejected nationalism In East Fife, Scottish nationalism has slowly become more attractive

John Lloyd

24.01

What would you sacrifice for integrity? Terrence Malick's new film interrogates a moral dilemma with pernicious modern relevance

James Mumford

23.01

Why the mummy wars are really class wars Notionally scientific parenting questions are in truth vehicles for class and cultural debates

Mary Harrington

23.01

Rural Cornwall is right to be anxious If the duchy is to survive Brexit, something must be done about its not-so-splendid isolation

Tanya Gold

23.01

How to argue with a racist Adam Rutherford's new book wrestles with the difficult subject of race and science

Giles Fraser