The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
Cynical in Venezuela
The corruption and incompetence of its political system seeps into the soul
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
The Bezos behemoth
Behind the logistics miracle are some troubling stories
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Shattered illusions
The record of the authorities defies denials of two-tier policing
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
