My interiors life: weaned on the small screen
My formative years and future
tastes in all things were formed by
1950s and 1960s television,
The devils that made me a dandy
Joseph Connolly’s enduring passion for sartorial splendour was driven by a childhood addiction to the glamour of TV
All the things I have never done…
Joseph Connolly has never ridden a bike, drunk a pint of biiter or had a curry. Can you match his epic non-achievements?
Very Amis, very Hampstead
Joseph Connolly treasures his friendship with his literary hero
Goodbye to all that stuff
We used to love filling our homes with possessions. Now, less is more — indeed, it’s everything
Not tickety-boo
Joseph Connolly had never suffered a day’s illness — until he was felled by a “very unglamorous stroke”
Days in the life of the Fab Four
Joseph Connolly reviews One Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time, by Craig Brown
Filthy shades of grey
Why do people — and men in particular — dress so vilely now?
Pärt, Poulenc, Stravinsky (BR Klassik)
This is a brilliant concert of three sacred works
The wine of emperors
The puzzling economics of venison
Ask me no questions, and I’ll tell you no lies
Lord Geidt’s thankless task: teaching Boris not to fib
Fracking is just common sense
The war in Ukraine has injected a healthy dose of realism into the West’s energy policy
Women can’t consent to their own murder and abuse
Today’s new law against non-fatal strangulation sends a message that violence against women is a crime, not a kink
Iron secretary
He didn’t quite dress up as Maggie, but he did everything but
It’s grim up north
Is the Northman alt-right propaganda? Perhaps, but it’s not the only one
Narcisssism and the naked arts graduate
This call for an overhaul of the sex industry is self-indulgent and short-sighted
Bull market
José Tomás is a titan of the bullring, but does he live up to his reputation?
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
Before and after gould
Bach’s Goldberg Variations have a rich history that far transcend its modern association with Glenn Gould