The beauty and richness of Brum
Richard Vinen offers a rewarding portrait of ordinary lives and increasingly mediocre politicians
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
God save The Kinks
How did four ornery lads rearing up from the post-war English underclass become national treasures?
Miserable managerialism at Magdalen
Gimmicky stakeholder management is failing the spirit of the university
Explaining the “gender pay gap”
It does not exist — or, at least, not as you might have thought
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Hobbs recalled
Ninety-five years on, Hobbs still holds a record that is unlikely ever to be broken
