August 15th, 2011

England Burning

By Alexander Lee.

“If there is a single underlying cause for the riots, it is to be found in the shocking social problems in Britain’s depressed suburbs and in the gradual abandonment of social questions by mainstream political discourse.”

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February 7th, 2011

In Defence of Revolution

By Alexander Lee.

As revolutions unfold in the Middle East, we must not look on these brave actions as foreign measures, alien to democratic nations. They are not the distant, muffled sounds of nations from which we are separated by an unbridgeable divide, but a call to arms for all those who suffer.

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December 7th, 2010

A Short History of Desire

By Alexander Lee.


“Is it better to be chaste and restrained but moral and sociable, or promiscuous and free but atomised and isolated?”

 

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March 28th, 2010

Two Views of Justice


- Too much justice? Harvey Mansfield in conversation with Yascha Mounk. [more]


- Justice: the whole story? Onora O’Neill in conversation with Alexander Lee. [more]

 

March 23rd, 2010

The Hardest Choice

By Alexander Lee.

In 1993, two ten-year-olds tortured, abused, and killed a toddler. In 2001, they were released from prison. One of the juvenile murderers has now been rearrested on child porn charges. The question is: where does justice lie?

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December 11th, 2009

Back the Crook. It’s Important.

By Alexander Lee.


Silvio Berlusconi isn’t an ideal leader. In fact, he’s a crook. But sometimes, the crook is still the best option…

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July 8th, 2009

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Italy’s Left and the Lega Nord

By Alexander Lee.

“The recent rise of right-wing populism in Italy has been frightening. Counterintuitively, only the Italian left can stop it.”

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February 9th, 2009

The Beautiful Game: History as Humanism

By Alexander Lee.

“I have a confession to make. I am an historian. I am useless. I am glad. This is the way it is meant to be.”

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February 8th, 2009

Icarus, Triumphant

By Alexander Lee.

A sky signed with honour: remembering Antoine de Saint-Exupery in life, literature and flight.

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