Archives
Upper-class darling of the metropolitan elite
Harriet Harman’s drive for equal rights has resulted in the divisive identity politics that so alienates traditional working-class Labour voters
In search of the real Mahler
How Mahler’s music is about living in the moment
Why is Eventbrite obstructing my book launch?
Financial censorship rears its head again
What Britain’s first Asian prime minister means to me
Confessions of a borientalist
What happened to leadership?
A priceless quality has been forgotten in politics
The right to protest is not the right to crime
People who break the law have always faced consequences
The US must resolve its Ukrainian contradiction
Avoiding dialogue with Russia is reckless folly
Saints and sinners
The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten
Feelbad anthem
Liz Truss does indeed “move on out”
Potemkin politburo
Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
Out of power for half a century
As the Conservatives face the prospect of a long spell in opposition, they must heed the lessons of their predecessors
Royals in an online age
Can the royal mystique survive the glare of modern media?
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
