A magnificent update — for good and ill
Only one with a slightly deranged confidence could ever have attempted it
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Are we being watched?
Secretive Covid-era “spy” agency repurposed to monitor social media during riots
In defence of Michael Foran
Do not confuse the intensity of trolls for righteousness
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
“Social justice” is damaging education
Teaching is in danger of degenerating into indoctrination
Stubbs at flay
His controlled charnel house gave the painter a peerless understanding of horses
Plague and progress
In the 17th century, disease drove social and urban change in England
Draining the swamp
Residents are hopeful that the mayor’s grip on Venice might at last be easing
Swiftism’s role in saving the V&A Museum
The unconventional Englishness of the Taylor Swift phenomenon
