What would Jesus say?
Bishop Nazir-Ali replies to Frederic Raphael’s Open Letter to Jesus
Very essence of a Jewish writer’s life
Howard Jacobson stands his life on its head
Fall into the gin trap
Nothing is better than a clean spirit
Harrison Birtwistle: Chamber works (BIS)
The British composer — still writing at 87 years of age — is an acquired taste
Fishing with Ted Hughes
A new memoir finds the poet in a world of rivers, rods, and reels
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Guilty of Journalism
In defence of Glen Owen doing his job
Not sorry they haven’t a clue
Panel show politics suits the Prime Minister more than his Home Secretary
The sound of love
Robert Schumann expresses the intense passion and despair of true love better than any other composer
Fake feminists are the real MRAs
The feminist fix: Don’t believe the dudebros who claim to be on women’s side, but want to take away sex-based rights
You can’t ride two horses
It’s time to make the office of attorney general a non-political public appointment
Who are the National Conservatives?
National Conservatism Conference diary: message discipline and hidden divisions