Armenia’s lonely plight
Why don’t we care?
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
The nurseryfication of culture
Alienation has encouraged the normalisation of childishness
Two cheers for Trump on free speech
The President-elect cannot just protect speech that he likes
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Not much COP
Holding the climate summit in Baku displays brazen hypocrisy
The right to learn at home
Home education is a powerful alternative to the box-ticking of state schooling
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
Escaping the digital dark age
We cannot rely on digital media to preserve our art and knowledge
