Nina Power on a good Dark Ages argument made for the wrong reasons
Jonathan Rée assesses the legacy of Isaiah Berlin, a man so clever he could understand his own writing
The language of morality has been hijacked by the Right and the religious, argues Susan Neiman. It’s about time those who value reason took it back
Atheists shouldn’t be afraid to be certain, says Michael Neumann
Nina Power tires of Slavoj Žižek and his monstrous essays
Cultural relativism and Western chauvinism share one basic principle, claims Kenan Malik: a loss of faith in universal values
Happy Birthday Tom Paine: Jan 29. Here's something we prepared earlier...Roger Davidson marks the 200th anniversary of the passing of Tom Paine, an inspirational ego
Free websites like Pornhub mean that explicit sex films are only a click away. But are they any good? Michael Bywater offers a classical critique
Jenny Bunker never quite learns what really killed Socrates
Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence