How Charles Darwin humbled mankind
In his greatest work, published 150 years ago, Darwin destroyed our metaphysical status in an instant
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Jan-Werner Müller’s unfinished monument
Müller’s Street, Palace, Square feels full of unrealised potential
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Why the British do it worse
John Kampfner argues our self-defeating “hang-ups” stop us learning from our closest neighbours
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How the culture wars began
The Frankfurt School’s ideas have given rise to a conspiracy theory that “cultural Marxism” is destroying the West
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Stephen King is our Dickens
The American best-seller is the pre-eminent horror writer of our time
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How cricket bent its rules
The game’s history is full of instances of foul play
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Sylvia Townsend Warner’s obscure forces
Sylvia Townsend Warner’s Lolly Willowes, published a century ago, is a powerful reverie on women’s interwar status
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Paging Prime Minister Farage
A semi-fictional account predicting how a future Reform government would unfold is thrilling – and chilling
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