The Queue
A strange and wonderous thing
The day after
Mourning that befits her memory
John Nash is overrated
Against neat-freak planning
In praise of stupid politicians
Literary intelligence is not everything
Lessons for the young
Epigrams for adolescents
How can we solve a problem like modern architecture?
We must look rather than argue
How to find a place to live in London
If you really have to
Must we mourn a decline in English degrees?
It does not entail the decline of English literature
How to walk around London
It is never just walking
In defence of the Netflix Persuasion
It is a satire of modern vanities, not a screw-up
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
Entering the populist Pyongyang
Your correspondent watches the far right debate immigration — but will he go native?
Winning the argument, losing the country
Winning debates is all well and good, but it does not represent political progress
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Resistance is futile
Acceptance can be an act of protest. Not a submissive, passive surrender.
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
