From feral beasts to pussycats
A Lobby made man on the decline of the parliamentary press from feared newsbreakers to humdrum hacks
Discussing Magic
Jeremy Black reviews The Decline of Magic: Britain in the Enlightenment, by Michael Hunter
Was Plácido a pest?
Domingo is far from the monster that America’s #MeToo movement has made of him
A flawed first draft of history
Theresa May’s former political secretary on the biography that doesn’t get her right
The great inquisitor of Splott
John Humphrys’ A Day Like Today touches lightly on his early career, which is a shame
Applying in camera
Claudia Savage-Gore gives the seven-plus her best shot
An appreciation of the late John Simon
Andrew Cusack remembers the apotheosis of criticism