Restoring the numinous
The products of deeply felt faith and painfully acquired skills
The elephant in the avant-garde
The totalitarian trend in Modernism demands acknowledgement
The lives of Mary Magdalene
A fine book explores her life and afterlife
Unstable foundations
The unsound architecture of the Edwardian Baroque
Appreciating the small and recherché
There is still some unspoiled Surrey country to be enjoyed
A Classical career in an ugly age
The fad-spurning architecture of Hugh Petter
History to be heeded
The evils of Hitler and Stalin should haunt us today
Against inhumane architecture
A new book deconstructs nihilistic pretensions of intellectuals
An island to admire
A new book takes a valuable tour of the Isle of Man
The North Riding, rediscovered
A welcome addition to Yorkshire volumes
What’s at stake in the culture wars?
Not only are they real but they are of grave importance
Beneath Disney’s Hood
Robin Hood marked the beginning of a steep decline for the much-loved brand
Spare us the wagging finger
Few things are more tedious than books moralising about the deficiencies of yesteryear
The Beeb’s moral bankruptcy
The BBC keeps failing on sex and gender
Half a century of the World at War
It was then the most expensive documentary ever made and, many think,the greatest
Birth trauma must be taken seriously
Women in labour need more care and respect
Murders for November
Killings amid the crunch of leaves
Queering nature won’t save it
We should stop projecting our fashionable concepts onto the natural world
One cheer for Ben Wallace
The outgoing Defence Secretary’s record is thinner than one might think
Keeping the faith
Christian building mission to regenerate a town
Elon Musk and your digital soul
Don’t let Musk’s image blind you to his business ambitions
