Intellectuals & ideas
Ian Buruma in conversation with Prospect
The author and historian examines the ideas raised by his new book on the aftermath of the Second World War
Lost in his own diversions
A new biography of François Mitterrand shows how a man from a right-wing bourgeois background became the saviour of the French left
What can WH Auden do for you?
Forty years after his death, Auden is still considered an indispensable poet of the age
The Higgs universe
The winner of this year's Nobel Prize for Physics waited 48 years for the confirmation of his theory, but in some ways he grew to dread the moment of discovery
Frank Auerbach: The art of immersion
Auerbach and Rembrandt share the language of great art
Ralph Miliband: it’s complicated
What does Britain expect from the refugees and immigrants who come to this country?
Down the rabbit hole
Do academic discussions of political theory belong to the world of make-believe?
The myth of the free market “triumph”
The government will have to address the consequences of free market ideology in modern politics if it wants to be seen as the solution rather than the cause.
Ed Miliband’s speech
The leader of the Labour Party speaking at the Annual Conference 2013 in Brighton
British Painting is back
For young artists, "painterly" language is back in fashion.
The Daily Briefing: Friday 20 September
The McPoison papers, op-ed diplomacy and German ordoliberalism
Stuart Hall: Mourning, migration and Miles Davis
Jonathan Derbyshire talks to filmmaker John Akomfrah about The Stuart Hall Project