The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
Inside the Iranian diaspora
How the US government and the FBI dealt with Sadeq Qotbzadeh and other opponents of Tehran in the time of the Shah
Don’t make Iran the new Ukraine
American hawks are pushing for war with Tehran
Why the liberal hawks rule the roost
Get ready for the next idiot crusade
Free speech for everyone, except …
We have to stop compromising our defence of free speech whenever it is convenient
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
Higher education, lower standards
Why are our universities in decline?
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Clerical error
Clergy should be in the business of saving souls, not stamping passports
No, Liz Truss did not crash the economy
The Conservatives should be brave enough to take on this stupid talking point
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
