Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence

The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant

Why would our friends even want to give us Covid?

Christopher Silvester on two extraordinary films from Eastern Europe shown at the London Film Festival

Inflation is likely to be a live political issue until the growth of money is reined in

When asked “which Hindemith should I try first?”, I’m lost for an answer

The browser extension “Shinigami Eyes” colour codes names on the wrong side of history

The transgressive, transmedial and transnational nature of the Gothic genre

Historians are better placed to explain malicious acts than philosophers, who strive to subordinate them to reason

Get as many days of game sport as possible because one never knows when the self-righteous will stop it