The warp and weft of women’s history
This synthesising project downplays the variety of experience amongst ancient women
The callousness of the virtue signallers
The response to a young singer’s death exposed the cruelty of the self-consciously virtuous
Lebanonisation in the UK
Sectarianism, crackdowns and ethnic tension are becoming the new normal in the UK
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
Ringo Starr
The man cruelly mocked as “not even the best drummer in The Beatles” must be the most underrated musician of all time
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Doing shots
You can tell a lot about someone from their favourite Henry wife
Britain isn’t the Balkans
The UK is not, despite heated rhetoric, on the brink of sectarian violence. But it is heading in the wrong direction
Minimum pricing, maximum annoyance
No one wins when the minimum price for alcohol rises
Power and authority
The development of British towns in the 17th and 18th centuries
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
A great Games
Will new heroes arise in Paris, 100 years on?
Keep prisoners of war off social media
Social media platforms are incentivising war crimes
