Culture

Why Socrates Died by Robin Waterfield

Jenny Bunker never quite learns what really killed Socrates

Philip Womack grapples with a controversial epic

Can Google's philosophy change the world? Bill Thompson finds out

Laurie Taylor stands up for himself

Is jealousy an intrinsic part of our make-up? asks Sally Feldman. Or a weakness to be vanquished?

Songs can break more than your heart. Martin Cloonan on the sinister uses and abuses of music

Tabloid newspapers are a vital force for democracy, argues an American academic. What about the British case, asks Julian Petley?

It seems even sci-fi geeks can indulge in a spot of retrospective offence, says Natalie Haynes

How well does online punditry translate on the printed page? Stephen Howe finds out

Fifty years after CP Snow’s celebrated lecture the ‘two cultures’ are further apart than ever, finds Eliane Glaser