Lebanon: 5,000 Kilometres Away
Beirut, Mar Elias, 26 November, 7pm. Despite the cold wave that hit the city this week (8 degrees Celsius is…
How Far Can We Trust Science?
Science in itself appears to me neutral, that is to say, it increases men’s power whether for good or for…
Public Intellectuals: Fyodor Dostoevsky
In an age of unrestrained Russian-bashing, the figure of Fyodor Dostoevsky might seem a provocative choice for this Public Intellectual…
Rothko in Paris
Content is a glimpse of something, an encounter like a flash. It’s very tiny – very tiny, content. Willem De…
Musician of the Month: Caterina Schembri
On November 14th I am releasing my debut album Sea Salt & Turpentine on the Ergodos label with a launch…
The Last Christmas
The afternoon of Christmas Eve, just as it’s beginning to get dark, Mum opens the black oak sideboard in the…
Putting the ‘Public’ Back into Enterprise
Part I of this series examined Mario Draghi’s recent proposals for reforming the E.U.’s economic model. It explained how one…
My Team / Your Team
In the first part of his essay concerning his enduring lifelong fandom of Manchester City FC, and the club’s current…
The Relevance of Jurisprudence to Law Part 3
The remains of unquestionably the greatest intellect of the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, are buried in Highgate Cemetery in London.…
