Freedom’s foghorn
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
Politics & Conflict
Not all that is solid
The traditional cloth-cap economy has melted into one which is fluid, global, insecure and indifferent to people and communities. A useful story if you want to manufacture uncertainty, says Kevin…
Mills and minarets
The proving grounds for the government's policy to prevent home-grown Jihad are the industrial towns of the North. Paul Sims investigates
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Philip Womack grapples with a controversial epic
Editorial: Puzzling history
Would life be better if we knew all the answers?
Fault lines
The miners' strike of 1984 changed British politics forever, argues Francis Beckett
No appeasement
If liberal Britain is ailing we have only ourselves to blame, says Nick Cohen
Hatefest
We must prevent the UN being unravelled by bigotry and conflict, argues Ian Williams
Blog standard
How well does online punditry translate on the printed page? Stephen Howe finds out
In praise of the coup
Military takeovers can be a good thing for African democracy. Paul Collier makes the case