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There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
They like her when she’s angry
Kemi Badenoch is the Incredible Hulk of government ministers, roaring her way through the public realm, smashing opponents left and right
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
Michael Gove’s convenient conversion won’t be enough
Britain’s economic dysfunction runs very deep indeed
How we killed ideas and kept impressions
We have to rediscover ideas and not just the idea of ideas
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Saving my own bacon
Only the particularly pig-headed will stick it out in the pork farming business
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
The age of the Sex Olympics
It is time to resist the pornification of the modern world