Cheeky blinder
Isobel Williams’s treatment of selected poems is literary charcuterie, as neat as it is naughty
Thick as Thebans
Frederic Raphael reveals how Paul Cartledge makes the case for a central historical role for Oedipus’s home town
Public Enemy Number whatever
Frederic Raphael defends his friend, the writer Joseph Epstein, latest victim of America’s cancel culture for daring to mock Jill Biden’s doctorate
A letter to Jesus
Frederic Raphael poses some pertinent questions to the son of God
Searching in vain for Hitler’s lethal edict
These two new histories of the holocaust add little to what is already known
Heartless Heights
Brontë’s lines anchor the frenetic action in Emma Rice’s over-the-top production
Love letter to the printed word
On the material culture of the book
The resurrection of France?
A third way to the cynical politics of Macron and Le Pen exists
More than just a grumpy anti-modernist?
It’s time we appreciated the art of Sir Alfred Munnings
Dreaming of la dolce vita in the deep freeze
A cultural renaissance is underway in a region once synonymous with Stalin’s brutal gulags
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 / Moments Musicaux
A new release of Rachmaninov’s first piano sonata deserves more than five stars
The final furlong
Horse racing is in existential crisis
You can’t ride two horses
It’s time to make the office of attorney general a non-political public appointment
Maya’s day in court
The feminist fix: If you’re bullied in the workplace gather an army and fight back
Gone West
What happened to Kanye?