Fitzroy Morrissey
A battle that concerns us all
Ed Husain argues in his new book “The House of Islam” that the key struggle of our time is within Islam itself
A sufi sage for the ages
Ibn Khaldun has been repackaged to serve contemporary concerns many times, but Robert Irwin’s biography cuts through the myth-making
Will the green agenda be killed off by the pandemic?
‘Will the green agenda be killed off by the longer-term coronavirus recovery? Or might the closure of so much business, and the cleaner air that results from planes not flying and factories not working, give us extra years to gain control of our environment?’
Why T.S. Eliot still matters
His contemporaries’ reputations have diminished. But Eliot’s has grown: he is the poet who shows us what can be saved from the ruins
Music’s in the house
Rappers have found a role in lockdown: chronicling coronavirus with topical tunes. Most people, though, are rushing to the safety of the past