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
An unconvincing case against the UNRWA
It should take more evidence to strip the Palestinians of essential support
Good cops and bad spies
Intelligence services as portrayed on-screen are pretty ghastly places to work
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
The Rwanda Bill and the rule of law
Our constitutional tradition strictly separates international law from domestic law
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Canals go national
Canals gave Britain a single national economy, one that connected resources, factories, population centres and ports
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
British universities have a China problem
The increasing influence of the CCP is a threat to free inquiry and free expression
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
Doomsday is not a day of the week
Sometimes, we dwell on tomorrow at the expense of eternity
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
