Sculptor, wrecker and seducer
A beautiful book, but a fairly orthodox biography of the Hon. Stephen “Tommy” Tomlin
A foodie in his element
The author is evenhanded and accurate about the nouvelle cuisine movement, says Paul Levy
All dressed up and raring to go
A brilliant, ambitious volume of art history — but physically difficult to read
Hate is not a crime
Officers’ good intentions have been weaponised by unscrupulous whingers to muzzle their ideological opponents
The host of Christmas past
Is party time over for the convivial Tories?
Too much of a good thing
Inflation is likely to be a live political issue until the growth of money is reined in
Good news clickbait
Cleo Smith has been found, just rejoice at that news
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber symphonies 2&4
Weinberg is an absolute master of intimated emotion
Remembering Brian Micklethwait
The man who made libertarianism fun
More Marxism than Methodism
Traditional religious minorities have a lot to offer the UK — but no one to represent them
Aromatherapy for chaps
Get as many days of game sport as possible because one never knows when the self-righteous will stop it
The unmasked avengers
Maggie Throup sticks her head above the parapet alone
It’s all gone King Kong
Will reason finally bring Boris down to earth where gravity has failed?
The scatalogical subversive
Magritte’s work is no more socially potent than dog-mess on a doorstep