Bohemia, SW3
Barry Turner delves into an illuminating and entertaining insight into Bohemian life in the fast lane
Unmasking of a libertine lord
With a wealth of original material, Daniel Smith meets all the requirements of high-class popular history
Decline, fall and rise again
A masterly account of Britain’s fortunes in the Second World War
The week the war ended
Seventy-five years ago this month, peace finally came to a destroyed Europe
The desert martinet
Viscount Montgomery: tactless, arrogant and with no instinct for politics
Trouble beneath the surface
Labour’s triumph obscures worrying signs of division and chaos brewing in British society
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
The court of hot air
We do not need human rights law to protect human rights or to maintain the rule of law
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
