The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
Why can’t there be more vampires?
Bloodsucking, in various more or less metaphorical guises, is after all opera’s happiest place
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Is this just fantasy?
Sir Brian May is wrong: farmers do care
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Passing the baton to the offspring
Does maestro talent run in the genes?
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
The monumental cradles of democracy
Squeezed into a single large volume, readers can now find a remarkable account of the Greek city
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
The fables of Davos Man
Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
