Andrew Lownie
Andrew Lownie is a literary agent and author of Stalin's Englishman: The Lives of Guy Burgess, The Mountbattens: Their Lives and Loves and Traitor King. He tweets at @andrewlownie
Open the royal files
A culture of gratuitous opacity surrounds the Royal Family
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?
Let’s diversify the curriculum
If we really want diversity, we need to get more traditional
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Land of fire and blood
The detours, if at times distracting, are worth the price of this historical journey
On the awfulness of liberals
The Lords must put the Leadbeater bill to sleep
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
The Critic guide to glass ceilings
On the self-made men (and women!) of the Labour Party
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying