A little too mature
In Brideshead, the overriding feeling is that surely the punchline is to come. It never does
The legacy of Vanity Fair’s caricatures
Each cartoon had a story to tell about eminent figures in Victorian and Edwardian society
The future of Britain’s stately homes
How has the coronavirus pandemic affected Britain’s country houses?
Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the end of time (OUR)
Messiaen’s quartet, first performed in a freezing barracks in 1941, is a thing of great beauty
It’s grim down South
Rakib’s Britain: Never mind the Red Wall, let’s talk about the East-West divide and a forgotten England
A “speak out champion” who won’t speak for all
Politics and prosecution make for a dangerous combination, and women are most likely to lose out
An unaccustomed wine
30 years ago English wine was changed forever, and a vinicultural revolution began
Time for us all to grow up
Why is the modern British novel so terribly earnest and irrepressibly juvenile?
Rich history of the revolutionary poor
When rebellion stalked the streets of London
Lifeless life of a Technicolor titan
Ronan McGreevy plumbs new depths with his pitiful accounting of a great man’s death
Some very healthy early music canaries
Helen Charlston & Toby Carr; Siglo de Oro (LFBM, St John’s, Smith Sq)
Don’t blame Britain
Obsessing over the sins of empire only serves to hide the flaws of dysfunctional modern states
New development will ruin the National Theatre
Make Architects’ disastrous plans risk destroying the character of the South Bank
Fenella Jeavons: Sponsorship Facilitator
Milking the Philistines — someone’s got to do it