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When Irish eyes aren’t smiling
Irish Gothic and Noel Coward romance on the stage, and remembering actress Hayden Gywnne
Christianity can only save Western Civilisation if it is true
Christ can transform lives in ways that institutions never can
Music of hypnotic power
Thomas Larcher: The Living Mountain (ECM New Series)
Whose rule of law?
The European Union refuses to call out democratic backsliding when orchestrated by the left
The Plot thins
Everything Dorries encounters proves how right she is
Bruckner: Anton … and on
Bruckner and the German soul
Senseless in Gaza
Does anybody have a good idea of where the conflict between Israel and Hamas is going?
Stop exploiting murder
We should not rush to turn real-life crimes into entertainment and arguments
The narcissism of the centrists
Why we should care less about Britain’s international standing
The right not to read the room
Why my college fired me and why I am suing
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
Invasion literature
It couldn’t happen here. Right?
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Farewell to Larry Siedentop
The great political philosopher, Oxford don, and sage defender of Western liberalism
Indulgent Italian treats
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete string quartets (Naxos)
No average Joe
“He looked like the Milkybar Kid but played like Clint Eastwood”
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
The great British giveaway
The handover of the Chagos Islands reflects a wider lack of realism in UK foreign policy
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
No room for reform?
We should hope that even the worst people can change
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
