High priestess of a new morality
At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees
The best of Heads
Sir Eric Anderson employed the best and let them get on with it
The Royal Shakespeare Company at 60: a very happy birthday?
Muted celebrations, concerns of relevance and controversial origins — Alexander Larman delves into the RSC at 60
Fixing the unbroken
Reform of judicial review is a solution without a problem
How is Labour shaping up under Starmer?
Labour would certainly not win a general election if it were held tomorrow; but they are heading in the right direction
Elusive quest for impartiality
I would cavil at the curse of the presenter monologue, tending to sway the audience one way or the other, reveals Anne McElvoy
The identity politics of terrorism
When will the government tackle its own deniers of Jihadi terrorism?
Is China heading for global empire or Soviet collapse?
Dan Blumenthal’s new book wants us to be pessimistic, realistic, and proactive
IDS – I nearly walked out on Xi Jinping’s address to parliament
Duncan Smith sees TPP membership as a means of securing an Anglo-American counterbalance to China in Asia-Pacific
Entering the world of Weird fiction
The short stories of the long nineteenth century through the lens of Covid-19
Should asylum be granted for life?
Lessons for Priti Patel on how Denmark reduced its appeal to asylum seekers
Sex and the singular fisherman
Pike abound in British rivers yet are seldom caught for the table