A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
The establishment prefers distractions to solutions
Politicians discuss irrelevances rather than confronting the obvious
Banning masks from protests is a bad idea
Anonymity can be essential to dissent against tyrannical regimes
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Davie, Davie, give us some answers do
Why the BBC keeps obscuring the truth of sex and gender
Why are we ignoring the slaughter in Sudan?
There is no excuse for indifference when we pay such close attention to other wars
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Tragedy of the common spaces
It is sadly in keeping with the modern British mindset to prefer something good not to be done
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
