American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Et tu, Labour?
The betrayal of language learning
Blazing a trail
Put your neck on the line with these winter picks
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
Why was I the only reporter?
On the sentencing of the Rotherham grooming gang
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Bitter progress
How English towns developed post-war — not always for the better
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
Art of the deal
A simple sale, with money changing hands, was out of the question
