There has been some debate below Friday’s post about to what extent being an economic left-winger is a valid choice. We all know that socia...

Over on this side of the Atlantic to call someone a neo-conservative is far ruder than to question the genus to which their mother belongs o...

When I am drawn into a bookshop, which happens quite often, I am struck by the political bias of its contents. Heading for the politics sec...

I should update my post from last year on the religious views of Britain’s political leaders. Nick Clegg, newly anointed as the head of th...

It’s been a while. The new job has allowed me little time to write anything here. I’ve been very flattered by a few emails imploring my re...

Peter Lipton, the head of the History and Philosophy of Science Department at Cambridge, where I am a graduate student, died suddenly at the...

Every now and again, you come across an idea that you thought must have died. But lost causes seem to walk the earth in a state of undeath ...

It has been a while since I last managed to post anything here. I've got a moment now waiting for our week-old baby to wake up and dema...

I have taken some flack for allegedly being a genetic determinist. Regular reader Jack Perry has written a post on his blog, Cantanima , abo...

I hope regular readers will forgive me for once again asking, please could anyone who follows my writing sign up their email at my book'...