Francis Barber was born on a sugar plantation in Jamaica and died 57 years later in London. This is the true story of the slave who became Samuel Johnson’s heir... more »
“It has been my nightmare,” said Germaine Greer, “that Tolkien would turn out to be the most influential writer of the 20th century." Her nightmare has come true... more »
For all the criticism of Francis Fukuyama, we still inhabit the ideological landscape that he described a quarter-century ago. The end of history hasn’t ended yet... more »