You can’t ‘level up’ Oxbridge
It is high time we ally elite education, irrespective of background, with the service of the public good
The monster that lurks within us
The enduring popularity of fantasy and horror fiction proves that we still live in the long, dark shadow of the Gothic novel
Sir Tony embraces the old
The resemblance between woke and the Reformation goes beyond means to content
This time the mission is the man
B-Day comes and a beachhead is secured
The last jubilee?
Many of us will never live to see a jubilee again — what will sustain the Windsors without spectacle?
The West’s self-defeating sanctions
America and its allies are committing geo-political suicide for no discernible gain
Fifty shades of muck
The lost art of governing your tongue
The solipsistic siren
The sexual liberation and unrequited search of Nancy Cunard emblematises 1920s Paris
UK politics is a cartel closed to the young
Children and young adults are locked out of power and economic advantage
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Works and Piano Sonatas
If you want an entry point to Weinberg, this is it
A real world of consciousness
Communism in Poland was brought down by an underground network of learning, journalism and culture that flourished in defiance of state control