In its combination of glacial beauty and lovelorn desperation, Brideshead Revisited speaks to all readers, Alexander Larman writes

Norman Lebrecht reviews Shostakovich: Violin concertos 1&2, performed by Alina Ibragimova and the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia

HBO Max’s cancelling of Gone With the Wind in the wake of George Floyd’s murder is outrageous, Paul du Quenoy writes

John Bowers reviews Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries, by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann

Nigel Jones laments the rise of the British snitch

Rudyard Kipling’s (in)famous poem “If” reverberates with valuably relevant and humane advice for 2020 Britain

A dissenting opinion in a revolutionary moment

Laser scientist with US Defence contract is the latest victim of the culture war

The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze

Have our perceptions on the course, themes and events of the 20thC changed? With Professor Jeremy Black