The Big Question What’s the best philosophy? If you’re looking for a path to wisdom, the options are plentiful. Six thinkers offer concise advice
The Big Question What was the greatest speech? Half a century after Martin Luther King had a dream, six writers choose the greatest speech in history
The Big Question What’s the best age to be? Valerie Grove sets the scene and five writers look back to the past
The Big Question What is the opium of the people? For Marx, it was religion – but that was 170 years ago, and now our society is largely secular. What’s our opiate now?
The Big Question What’s the best way to travel? When you’re trapped in the daily commute, it’s easy to forget that journeys can be a delight, not a drag
The Big Question What’s the point? It is perhaps the biggest question of them all. Does life have a meaning? Seven authors give us their answer
The Big Question What’s the best cuisine? Stephen Schiff, Sandra Gilbert and five others champion their favourite
The Big Question What’s the best escape? When life is fraught, should you empty your mind, or engage it elsewhere? Six writers choose a way to zone out
The Big Question What is the capital of the world? Once it was Rome, then Constantinople, later London and then New York. But what is it now? And how could you tell?
The Big Question Which is the best month? Twelve months stretch ahead of us, each with a character of its own. Here six writers choose their favourite