You’re getting the lockdown you deserve
The only remaining options for the UK are lockdowns or doing nothing at all
Faith Masks
The ideological significance of face masks, the new vestiture of the faithful
All clapped out
Funnily enough, al fresco clapping and Government-mandated walks have lost much of their appeal in the bleak midwinter
John Luther Adams: The ‘Become’ trilogy (cantaloupe)
You will either feel very relaxed by the middle of the piece or you will throw things at the wall and say some very bad words
Et tu, Brute?
I shouldn’t have read through the list of my accusers, but I did
Should the UK force its overseas territories to legalise same-sex marriage?
The UK Government is keen to ensure legalisation of same-sex marriage throughout its dominions, but exercising its colonial authority is not the most prudent tactic
Julie Burchill – a national treasure?
The former Queen of the Groucho Club, for all her contradictions, is a rare voice of courage in an increasingly conformist world
A warning to the curious
Why M R James is still the greatest ghost story writer
A salute to our oldest ally
There’s far more to Portugal than its reputation as one of Europe’s economic basket cases
Islamophobia and the suicide of the West
In our perverse desire to tolerate the intolerable we have succumbed to Christophobia
A letter to Jesus
Frederic Raphael poses some pertinent questions to the son of God