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Bernard Mandeville’s defence of private vices with public benefits
The secret meaning of Vermeer’s art
The development and future of capitalism
How the young Dylan Thomas repeatedly stole from others
A flawed comparative study of eastern and western philosophies
This month sees the tenth anniversary of David Bowie’s death. One of the most influential and pioneering musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. This intelligent, articulate, witty, endearingly ecce
In defence of the libretto and the librettist