Texas Spring Break in a time of Coronavirus
There’s nothing like the outbreak of a global pandemic to put a dampener on everyone’s plans
Squaring the Afghan Peace Deal
Afghanistan is a general disaster which touches everyone and was enabled by everyone
Super Tuesday in Texas
The day everything can change in the Democratic race to become the party’s nomination to take on Trump
Bernie hits his stride in Texas
If a long-term Republican stronghold can be persuaded, who knows what Sanders can achieve
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
The darkness of assisted dying
The desire to end terrible pain is understandable — but the dangers are severe
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
The arts are under threat in Scotland
New legislation endangers freedom, but the arts have been enabling its suppression for some time
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The glorious Ninth
Relive the moments when music changed forever
Retail politics
Beware a politician who has a book to sell
