Culture: Philosophy

Since the dawn of time

Two hundred years after Darwin’s birth, scientists still can’t agree on whether evolution and religion can happily coexist

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Labour’s betrayal of society

The dominant legacy of the left is state authoritarianism and private libertarianism

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Q&A: Ophelia Benson

The co-author of the new book Does God Hate Women? discusses patriarchy, the burka and capitalism

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Power to the people

John Stuart Mill’s classic treatise On Liberty, published 150 years ago, has much to teach an intellectually exhausted left.

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How the left lost its language

The global crisis exposed the intellectual hollowness of our politics. Despite signs of renewal, there’s still a long way to go.

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The NS Profile: Michael Sandel

A public intellectual, he delivers lectures at Harvard that are wildly popular. He preaches that the ‘‘vacuum’’ of modern politics can only be remedied by a return to morality

Diary: Paul Johnson

Of all the popes I have known

Love is in the air

My advice for people in new relationships: you might be all smoochy now, but in 20 years you’ll be fighting like rats in a sack

Don’t sell me your dream

Far from liberating us, technology isolates us and makes us stupid. I want no part of your sterile, bloodless brave new world

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The NS Profile: John Gray

A sceptic who thinks all our ills stretch back to the Enlightenment, he is also a visionary who predicted the credit crunch