Michael Burleigh: new strategies for winning the war on terror

Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali: Is Britain still a Christian country?

Jung Chang & Simon Sebag Montefiore discuss Stalin, Mao and mass murder

Tim Congdon: By scapegoating bankers, we are undermining the City

Andrew Marr on Matt / Nick Cohen on TV / Craig Brown / Alain de Botton / Minette Marrin / Ian Bostridge

Red in tooth and claw: George Walden on the rise of Chinese nationalism 

Gerard Baker on why Obama v McCain is not a black and white issue

Deadly lie in Gaza: Melanie Philips exposes a media conspiracy at the al-Dura trial

Dialogue: Nigel Lawson and Oliver Letwin go head to head on climate change

Nick Cohen on Jon Snow / Ian Bostridge on The Sopranos / Frank Field / Clive James / Victoria Glendenning / Paul Wolfowitz / Julie Burchill / Tibor Fischer / Aidan Nichols

Dialogue: The late Simon Gray talks about the theatre and more with Charles Spencer in his last appearance in the public domain

The real Dalai Lama: Pico Iyer on the monk who moves the world

A leading psychiatrist investigates the virtual world of internet addiction

Nick Cohen and Alasdair Palmer: why is there nothing worth watching on TV?

Julie Burchill and Rabbi Sidney Brichto on Israel, Zionism and anti-Semitism

John Bolton on George Monbiot / Ian Bostridge: singing at home / Ferdinand Mount on hypocrisy / Trevor-Roper diaries / John Fuller on James Fenton / Anne McElvoy

Russia's spirit: Robert Conquest on Solzhenitsyn's life and legacy

China unbound: Niall Ferguson on the geopolitical fallout of the credit crisis

Are we wrong about the war on terror? Michael Gove debates with Philip Bobbit

Ghost Writing: Cynthia Ozick reflects on the secret life of authors

No disrespect: Peter Whittle confronts uncivil behaviour in public places

David Kynaston on a Suez affair / Topaz Amoore on Italian intolerance / Ray Monk / Noel Malcolm / Geza Vermes / Nigel Lawson / Selina Hastings / Piers Paul Read

The Right man? Bruce Anderson, Robin Harris and Douglas Murray dissect David Cameron

Learning curve: Charles Murray on why many children simply can't make the grade

A new Cold War? Edward Lucas debates with Mary Dejevsky

Pitbull politics: Gerard Baker rates Sarah Palin above Joe Biden

Papal mission: George Weigel on the surprising impact of Benedict XVI

Allison Pearson on Oxbridge / Alain de Botton on Heathrow holidays / Judith Herrin on Byzantium / Julie Burchill / Noel Malcolm / William Hague / Ian Bostridge

Obama's mean machine: Amir Taheri exposes a dishonest campaign

The woman they love to hate: Midge Decter examines the rage against Sarah Palin

Who's to blame? Samuel Brittan, Edward Hadas and Tim Congdon explore the roots of the global financial crisis. Plus Jonathan Foreman on Wall Street

Nick Cohen on Simon Schama / Michael Burleigh on pirates / Carlo Gébler's short story / Clive James / Sarah Vine / Melanie Phillips / Alain de Botton / Daisy Waugh / Emma Sergeant / Conrad Black / David Sexton / John O'Sullivan / Ian Bostridge