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Killing and kissing
An engaging account of sex in wartime
Pain, poise and passion
Erich Wolfgang Korngold: String quartets 1-3 (Naxos)
How Evelyn Waugh saved the English country house
The improbable democratisation of an aristocratic institution
In the court of the Mughal emperor
Why remember the embarrassing first steps of a giant?
Live like a laird
Gleneagles fuses Scottish style and U.S. glamour
The social self
Between individuals and communities
Extreme veneration in Seville
The ongoing echoes of the reformation
Thousands of steps backwards
Why is there a “non-binary” category in the London Marathon?
Tokyo story
An American takes on the Yakuza 84
Why I am resigning, despite doing nothing wrong
I’m innocent, and I’ll slap anyone who says otherwise
We should have the freedom to criticise Islam
Religious freedom entails the right to criticise a belief system as well as to adhere to it
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Roger Scruton’s naive nationalism
Cultural nationalism is an ill-fitting model for the modern nation state
On cockroaches and cancellation (w/ James Dreyfus)
How ideology is spoiling the arts
Nigel’s knees-up
Can Reform become a serious contender for power?
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
The Tory beauty contest
The good, the bad, the ugly and the downright embarrassing
