Proud to be free?
Liberal Britain’s new blasphemy laws
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
Into the setting sun…
Next summer, head west to Pembrokeshire
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
The effects of Brexit are still being misreported
A new paper has received a lot of attention — all of it undeserved
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
You reap what you sow
Poor Daniel Zeichner was left to face the outrage that the Budget had caused
Stick ‘em up
Has the culture war been won?
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
