Drop your weapons
Knives Out deserves a reprieve from the dread of bad sequels
The man who took the wrong flat white
We urgently need new rules for modern social etiquette
Juke it out
It’s Wes Anderson vs Edgar Wright in the battle for the coolest ever soundtrack
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
Where in the world
In the post-pandemic world, travel is all in the mind
What is truth? The ethics of memorials
A poorly-researched rush to judgement in both Oxford and Cambridge may not have served campaigners well
The war against juries
Expect bolder incursions into the presumption of innocence in the UK
The wine of emperors
The puzzling economics of venison
Don’t blame Britain
Obsessing over the sins of empire only serves to hide the flaws of dysfunctional modern states
Revitalising the West
Ukraine has rallied the West and yet again shown our civilisation’s limitless capacity for self-renewal
Doing the Strand
The glorious heyday of Roxy Music, when just to be a fan of a band that sounded like no other was like being in an exclusive club
Before and after gould
Bach’s Goldberg Variations have a rich history that far transcend its modern association with Glenn Gould
How to be a literary editor
Done well, book reviews have never been more important
“No-fault” divorce undermines marriage
Why is the government making it easier to break up families?
Dinner in the Bloodlands
Belarus Free Theatre brings moral complexity to the table
It’s time to burst the red balloons
How did Europe’s wealthiest state come to finance the greatest tyrant of the 21st Century?