Life has become the avoidance of death
In the continual absence of metaphysics, life – shaped for many years by the pursuit of comfort – is now defined by the avoidance of death.
Trial by Jury
I should have known that expressing the slightest doubt about trial by jury would lead to public opprobrium
Training for nothing
Nick Cohen laments the pandemic’s effect on competitions
John Williams in Vienna (DG)
Zero stars for the vacuous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
When you pile tragedy too high, you sell it too cheap
Among the Trees, Hayward Gallery (until 31 October)
Two men and a Boris
Three is the magic number. Or six. We don’t know what the magic number is
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
Swap till you drop
Thomas Woodham-Smith enjoys a great trade tradition
Britain’s Brexit deadline abandoned
Both sides no longer recognise 15 October as the last day by which a deal can be struck
Excl: Belarus opposition leader says “all action” UK is “example to the world”
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: The UK’s strong support against Lukashenko is better than EU which “cannot bring itself to agree”
Why observe the laws the EU won’t?
Brussels has a very distinctive attitude towards its sacred legal order