Otherworldly talents
Long live the golden age of British television, when great actors imbued classic roles with risky, multifaceted complexity
Tragic hero of Drury Lane
This meticulous account gives Frederick Chatterton a deserved and belated spotlight
The French far right are losers
Will Rassemblement National will ever be the ruling party?
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Why the Democrats cannot be populists
It goes against the managerial nature of the party
Landfill indie remembered
A Golden Age? It was barely a Plastic Age
Shiva Naipaul
The younger brother of a controversial Nobel Prize winner who has been unjustly overlooked
Choosing enemies wisely
China manifestly wishes to avenge her past humiliation at Western hands
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
November Letters
Aiming for the rescue and rebuilding of liberal capitalism
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
