Love, work and whimsy
MacDonald Gill’s poster for the Empire Marketing Board helped promote a nation at the height of its powers
The Critic’s Perpetual Drinking Calendar
Full of events and individuals worthy of toasting for every day of the year
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
War, peace and city streets
How English towns survived the Blitz and entered the modern world
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
In defence of the incredulous stare
To argue is to indulge in a practice, with all that this entails
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
