Halldor Laxness teaches us that the poor rarely benefit from the generosity of the rich - which is mostly wasted on themselves.
My Granny's meat and potato pie recipe... heaven on a plate.
It can be our duty to have some fun suggest CS Lewis and Kant.
Aeschylus on the limits of justice.
Maimonides offers one of the most important accounts of how we reconcile charity and justice in practice.
The poem Euthanasia by Elizabeth Jennings imagines life after assisted dying becomes normal.
An aphorism
An aphorism
Weil and Sayers on the vital connection between love and justice.
Rights are a vital part of civil society and human rights must be realised within existing legal and social structures.
Targets and incentives pervert proper management and undermine trust.
Thoughts on how to make trust easier and more resilient.
My recipe for Mexican salsa.
This article was originally published in The House Magazine
On the importance of the human heart.
Michael Young imagines the impact of a growing meritocracy.
The price of meaningfulness is certainty
An aphorism
Seemingly democratic structures can be corrupted to become despotic and stifling.
Few talk about loyalty unless they are considering an act of disloyalty.
Pericles on the beauty of the Athenian conception of citizenship.
An aphorism
Government can't redistribute love, but it can tax it.
We must live our lives with imagination. We must tell and listen to the stories.