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Issue: August 2008
‘Our destiny is determined by benevolent and somewhat patronising philosopher kings’
Emanuele Ottolenghi

Self-Censorship And The BBC
The London Bombers was a major drama-documentary about 7/7 of which the BBC should have been proud
Nick Cohen

Elie Kedourie

Kenneth Minogue recalls the great Anglo-Iraqi scholar who was both amused and outraged by the folly of intellectuals

Kenneth Minogue

Edward Said

Ibn Warraq indicts the Palestinian author of Orientalism for presenting the West as villains and Muslims as victims

Ibn Warraq

There’s no Place Like Home for a Singer
Intimacy, authenticity and domescity combine to make for a great performance
Ian Bostridge

Musical Theatre Is A Matter Of Taste
Slick and professional popular productions have many merits, but the gap between Les Mis and opera is very wide
Minette Marrin

That’s Enough Protest Movies
This summer, we’ve seen the release of two more leftwing documentaries. Isn’t it about time the other side said its piece?
Peter Whittle

Hadrian: Man, Hero, Husband, Lover, Emperor
The British Museum’s exhibition reassesses the great Roman, a complex figure who left a legacy of unique glory
Michael Prodger

Flight from Egypt
Chicago by Alaa al Aswany
Michael Gove

Pulling Punches
Boxing, A Cultural History by Kasia Boddy
Allan Massie

Underrated: Abroad
The ravenous longing for the infinite possibilities of “otherwhere”
Stephen Bayley

The king of cakes
"Yuletide revels were designed to see you through the dark days — and how dark they seem today"
Carolyn Hart

A tripod in the sky
The view from above
Christian House
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