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Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years.

This breathtaking 7ft-high portrait of a Polynesian visitor to London in the 18th century captures a complex cultural encounter and showcases the genius of Reynolds

According to the eulogies and obituaries written at the time of his death in 1791, Richard Price’s name would be remembered alongside figures such as Benjamin Franklin, John Locke, George Washington and Thomas Paine.

Society, wrote Edmund Burke in Reflections on the Revolution in France, “is a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.” This was one of the founding principles of modern Conservatism — but…

Whether it’s the immensity of the Grand Canyon or the beauty of an intricate spider’s web, feeling awestruck is good for you. Here are 10 ways to get awed

Letters: The social and environmental costs of wealth creation are becoming impossible to ignore, writes Jeremy Brettingham, while Barbara Williams says the key to our survival is not money but healthy ecosystems. Plus letters from Alan Knight and Damian Grant

In recent weeks the world has been awed by the first series of colour images to emerge from the James Webb Space Telescope. A celestial concert, the images of swirling galaxies and conflagrations of gas presented an unprecedented view of the early cosmos. US President Joe Biden spoke of the…

One of the last lines jailed Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny speaks in the eponymous new CNN documentary is a quote usually attributed to the 18th-century philosopher Edmund Burke: “The triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” It is unclear whether Navalny sees Russian politics as a…

Terms of discourse, much like terms of trade, are favourable and unfavourable to some. The dominant position in setting these terms, as held by the Left in India’s academic institutions and a major section of the English media, led to an unchallenged common sense. As a result, the rival political…