
Make Greenland Great
In his last great novel The Plot Against America (2004) Philp Roth posited plausible circumstances where President Franklin D. Roosevelt,…

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…

Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation
Michel Houellebecq’s latest novel Annihilation offers a lengthy (526-page) disquisition on the journey to death, which is life itself, in…

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…

Poem: ‘If I Could Only’
If I Could Only I dream of roses blooming in the sky, of boys with guns, of body parts slung…

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…

A Visit to the Hague
Late last year HHJ Gumpert KC – one of the judges in the formidable fortress that is Woolwich Crown Court…