Nikhil Krishnan

Nikhil Krishnan is the author of A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60 (Profile).

When did opera become elitist?

Alexandra Wilson’s history of the art form in Britain shows how it used to appeal to everyone, from miners to lords

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Society is forgetting why time away from the public gaze matters.

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In architecture, art, publishing and philosophy, continental émigrés fleeing fascism transformed our culture.

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In his new book Morality, the former chief rabbi lays out his thoughts on populism, identity politics and the…

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