Two books attempt to tackle the fundamental basis of equality: whence do we derive human rights?

"There are plenty of precedents for leaders of the free world going it alone"

Nick Clegg's new book How To Stop Brexit is shrill and bitter, and neglects to mention that his advocacy of the EU has been personally lucrative

A group of nuns have won their case against the Obamacare contraception mandate. But their religious exemption is only required because of the government's encroachment

David Bomberg was one of the great British artists of the 20th century but was always an outsider and suffered neglect for much of his career

The only extant portrait of a Mayflower settler allows insight into individuals still shrouded by obscurity

‘Gilles de Kerchove, the counter-terrorism chief of Europol, estimates that there are now more than 50,000 jihadists in Europe — half of them in Britain’

‘The public aren’t told what might constitute suspicious behaviour. But I occasionally ponder the circumstances in which I would report anything’

‘The European Court of Justice has a record of deciding cases not in accordance with the wording of treaties and legislation, but with the furtherance of the power of EU institutions’

‘The Macron example has made some former British leaders dream of new alignments’