Locked down under
Do Australia’s leaders really know what they’re doing?
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
Feasts in far pavilions
The cricket tea season will soon be upon us
Don’t mention the war
It’s wrong to cite the Ukraine conflict as the principal cause of soaring prices
Reynaldo Hahn: Poèmes & Valses (Hyperion)
This unfamiliar collection is the most enjoyable piano album of the year so far
Ferdinand Ries: Piano Trio and Sextets (Hyperion)
Ludwig van Beethoven’s former secretary and pupil was no forgettable curiosity
The art of the hype
Beyond its backstory, ‘Shot Sage Blue Marilyn’ is both one of a series and an image made in part by a reproductive method
I spy a new clampdown
Will new laws to combat foreign espionage inhibit public interest journalism?
Islamism, not social media, killed David Amess
Why won’t MPs and ministers speak frankly about the motives for his murder?
Sacred memory
Brits have lost the habits of respect and reverence
Murders for June
Classic settings conceal psychological rawness and sinuously convoluted mysteries
Human rights and legal wrongs
Why doesn’t British legislation protect free speech?