Is the unexamined life worth living? - considering Aristophanes’ The CloudsThough often crude and unfair the Greek dramatist’s sendup of Socrates and his school raises important questions about the wisdom of the…Apr 5Apr 5
The aesthetics of power: thoughts on MachiavelliEven in today’s cynical age Niccolo Machiavelli’s disturbing treatise goes too farMar 7Mar 7
A Century of Labour: a reviewJon Cruddas’s outstanding new intellectual biography of the Labour party highlights three traditions that continue to compete for the…Feb 27Feb 27
Dreams of the ideal city: reconciling the market and the republicSmith and Rousseau on the tensions between the market and the good societyFeb 27Feb 27
Lessons from 1924: remembering the first Labour governmentA new book tells the political — and human — drama of the labour movement’s first administrationFeb 26Feb 26
Reconstructing Britain, then and nowA new history of Clement Attlee’s legendary 1945 administration holds lessons for a Labour party preparing to govern in tough timesFeb 26Feb 26
Covenant: rediscovering a conservatism that goes beyond the marketAn eloquent essay by Conservative MP Danny Kruger goes back to the One Nation tradition to find a way forward for British conservatismFeb 26Feb 26
Published inThe Patient InvestorBacking sustainable investment against the backlashThe relatively poor performance of green funds has punctured the inflated claims made for them, and highlighted long-standing design…Aug 11, 2023Aug 11, 2023
Published inThe Patient InvestorShould passive investments be taxed?Are index funds parasites free-riding on the active stock pickers who do the hard work of identifying value? One controversial proposal…Jul 16, 2023Jul 16, 2023
Published inThe Patient InvestorWhat would a Labour government mean for investors?Investors seem to have little to fear from a Starmer administration keen to emphasise its commitment to fiscal responsibilityJul 5, 20231Jul 5, 20231