The writer Piers Paul Read's Catholic vision of the EU confronts the politician David Heathcoat-Amory's Eurosceptic case for Britain as an independent country. The discussion is chaired by Daniel Johnson, the Editor of Standpoint

"The prophets of Marxist-inspired modernism are in retreat right across the board. They are perplexed at how the world has gone. Their view has not prevailed, even in modern music. Everything, including our understanding of recent history, is up for grabs."

This authority on human rights has become a thorn in the side of the UN and a passionate defender of Israel.

The South African judge's Gaza report is just another example of his intensely political attitude to the law

Daisy Waugh eavesdrops on the great debate

The sheer scale of the economic meltdown may be too complex to explain on stage — yet

No Music Day gives us an opportunity to stop and think

The influence of religious sculpture on the Golden Age painters suddenly becomes clear

New Labour have not only eroded our liberty and destroyed the public finances - they've abused the English language too