The transing of Marlow Moss
It is narcissistic to project our own ideas back through history
Three act tragedy
The Wagatha Christie case reveals the addictive fun of gossip — but also its corrosive power
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
The secret war of a wolf in chic clothing
Dudley Clarke had his fingers in many of the most interesting pies of covert operations in World War II
The town besieged
During the English Civil War, towns were fiercely divided
Will the next prime minister stand up for women’s rights?
Rhetorical progress has been made on gender issues — but will it affect policy?
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
Terence Rattigan
The subtly subversive chronicler of Englishness still makes grown men cry
Trump’s first gambit fails
The Republican candidate was not as effective on the debate stage as he anticipated
Revolution in the Academy
The quest for knowledge, not power, ought to guide academia
Mission: Possible
Captain Boring is here to moderately improve the nation
