Surviving the straits of hell
An old press cutting provided the key to a defiant tale of life after Auschwitz
The Northern Ireland Protocol
David Scullion speaks to the DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson MP
Can the Northern Ireland protocol be untangled?
The Protocol is strangling Northern Ireland’s economy and damaging the DUP’s re-election chances. What will Boris Johnson do about it?
Virginia, Vita and the resurrection of the taboo of lesbian love
How choosing a trans-woman to read Virginia Woolf’s most intimate words is at odds with the crux of this Charleston Trust event
Is GB News representing the 52 per cent?
If GB news wants to start up with a bang, they could do worse than signing Nigel Farage
The NI WhatsApp war
Is a trade body being excluded by Ministers because they’ve criticised the NI protocol?
The redemption we need
After a national Lent that has lasted a year, we can smell the blossom of hope
The ring master
Bullfighting was a lifelong fascination for Francis Bacon and played an increasingly important role in his work, his high-risk approach matching that of the matador
What the Uber verdict means for Conservatives
In light of the recent Supreme Court ruling that Uber drivers are ‘workers’, Conservatives must now show themselves to be champions of workers’ rights
Hats off to the great British greasy spoon
Steve Morris celebrates the great British institution of the greasy spoon ‘caff’ and predicts that it will thrive again in a post-Covid world
Alexei Stanchinsky: Piano works (Ondine)
Stanchinsky occupies a tonal territory midway between Rachmaninov and Scriabin; an amalgam of suppurating misery and crackpot visionary