Smart answers to clever questions
In the Know is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about the fascinating science of human intelligence
Why the ‘100,000 deaths’ figure is misleading the public
News outlets should report the age-standardised mortality rates alongside the number of excess deaths so as not to mislead the public
Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo (Hänssler Classics)
The climaxes are sensational, some of the strongest music Penderecki ever created; we may never see its like again
Policing the far Left
Emma Webb says the police are damned if the do, but even more damned in the long run if they don’t
Thanks for not sharing
Lisa Hilton says tapas are over-hyped, over-priced and have overstayed their welcome
David Miller may be a loon, but sacking him would open a Pandora’s Box
Toby Young disagrees with Danny Finkelstein’s call for Miller’s sacking, saying that academic staff should be free to express whatever views they like within the law
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 4 and 6 (LSO Live)
Italian-born and London-bred Antonio Pappano lets the gentle rhythms of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music say it all
The role of prime minister from Gladstone to Johnson
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart on how the role of the Prime Minister has changed in the past 200 years
The cancelled charity boss who wants to be mayor
David Scullion speaks to Nick Buckley about his ambitions for Manchester
Whites and wrongs
Dan Hicks, The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Cultural Violence and Cultural Restitution (Pluto Press)
Dear and hateful
Christopher Silvester shows how Konchalovsky has one of the strangest careers in world cinema
What would MLK say in an age of Covid-19 segregation?
Many people may soon be facing a choice between civil disobedience and Covid-19 restrictions, for which the words of America’s iconic civil-rights leader remain boldly relevant