The Bedfords: a marriage of minds
Keir Davidson draws on abundant family archives to paint extensive biographies of artistic and scientific patronage
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
Starmer’s tax will hurt children
It is not just a tax, it is cruel theft
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
How Britain has imported Bangladeshi politics
A failure to take immigration and integration seriously means that Britain has to deal with other nation’s problems
The Democratic Party deserves Donald Trump
Its arrogance and complacency have been exposed
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
Italy is right to extend its ban on surrogacy
It is good for women and it is good for children
Trump: Post-Modernist?
The former — and future? — president has an awkward but interesting relationship with the truth
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
