Pasteurisation of the pub
Pubs may have reopened, but its new landlord is the Nanny State
A vivid but oddly unresolved picture
This biography of Constable is but a partial portrait
Did Newton microaggress?
The government should stop supporting the EDI industry
Can Putin’s conductor redeem himself?
Gergiev’s road to redemption
High politics and unholy power plays
British policy in the Ottoman Empire was not driven by Orientalism, but self-interest and self-deception
The victorious sign
What relationship should Christianity have with politics?
Reversing a tragic half century of lost lives
The US supreme court decision is a victory for decency and democracy
Ubiquitous, but bloody good
Time and global success hasn’t dimmed the appeal of dinner at Nobu
Should we take Kingsley Amis more seriously as a poet?
The acclaimed novelist harboured dreams of writing verse
Going to the ends of the earth
A thrilling story of machismo, mutiny and madness in the Pacific
The tide has turned on abortion
The overturning of Roe v Wade is an opportunity for the UK to reflect on its own abortion laws
Do we really need so many stage adaptations of novels?
There’s much that can go wrong when the drama of a book is transferred to the stage