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Outward signs of invisible grace
The King’s coronation was deeply religious
No more than curiosities
Bruno Walter: String quartet, piano quintet (CPO)
Ghosts of British life
Remembering a forgotten past
Venice’s forgotten herald of joy
Carpaccio: Paintings and Drawings, Palazzo Ducale, Venice
Britain, for better and for worse
A motley crew greeted Charles III at his coronation
The Queen’s plinth?
Let’s put this sorry landmark to patriotic use
Coronation sceptical
Against the tyranny of twee
Sex matters in medicine
Obscuring biological differences is dangerous
Pray for the republicans
Rejoice in the sheer religiosity of the Coronation. It places the King above the political fray
Heirs to Byzantium
Unlike Putin, the British have never really understood the central importance of Constantinople to European history
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The perversity of the Oasis reunion
The cultural optimism of the nineties has been lost
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
How to be realistic on Ukraine
There is a route to peace, but it will take compromise
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
