“Dear Ezra … Yours Ever, B Bunting”
The voice of a poet whose chequered career reads like a cockeyed novel
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
February letters
Questioning Cameron, cautioning Houellebecq and disputing the image of God
The morality of altruism
People have a limitless capacity to convince themselves that what’s right coincides with what’s best for them
A night of spectacle and special effects
Stranger Things: The First Shadow designers aren’t afraid to raid the treasure trove
The death of charity?
The decline of religion and the fraying of our social fabric has made us meaner
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
