Why would you want to look at art about looking at art? Nigel Warburton investigates the subtle photography of Thomas Struth

Should we torture one person to save many? What is fairness? To accompany BBC4's justice season, philosopher Michael Sandel explains why justice is at the heart of contemporary political debate

We are living in a new age of austerity, but could all this enforced abstinence be good for us?

In the Gradgrind world of spending cuts, what is the value of philosophy?

Norman Wisdom, who died on 4th October, was Charlie Chaplin’s favourite clown. His trademark pratfalls and contagious giggling as little guy Norman Pitkin spread mirth around the globe,...

In 1885, Paul Gauguin abandoned his wife and five children to pursue painting, later moving to the south seas to realise his dream. The resulting works—on display from the end of September at Tate...

Floods destroy whole villages in Pakistan. A massive landslide in China buries over 1,000 people alive. Haiti is struggling to recover from recent earthquakes. Natural disasters may be deemed "acts...

Keeping it real

Ludwig Wittgenstein once told his students that “philosophy begins when language goes on holiday.” Whether or not you agree, it’s certainly true that holidays—those precious periods away from...

Whether the camera “lies” or not doesn’t make Tate Modern’s new exhibition of surreptitious photography any less arresting