A better Class of Irony
Fred Inglis on postmodern pedantry and the death of irony
Fred Inglis on postmodern pedantry and the death of irony
Raymond Tallis revisits the big question: what makes humans special?
Roger Griffin considers the responsibility that comes with our special place in the natural world
Linton Kwesi Johnson is one of only two living poets to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. Laurie Taylor talks to him about reggae and resistance.
Frances Crook on Peter Hitchens' History of Crime
Paul Barker salutes the suburbs
Michael Rosen ponders the smug pronoun
Tzvetan Todorov's Imperfect Garden, reviewed by AC Grayling
John Gray's Straw Dogs reviewed by Ian Hargreaves
To give or not to give? Julian Baggini is philosophical about charity