Heavy weights and hurty words
Simon Evans says Andrew Doyle’s book is the toolkit you need to think about at least one side of this debate
Surely the final series
Script writers attempt to spice up “Covid briefings” with the Brazilian variant
What is the point of the Proms?
The BBC’s new recruitment campaign for the Proms shows a clear disregard for its classical origins
One year of Sir Keir
How does Starmer compare to Thatcher, Blair and Cameron?
How imaginative should historians be?
Professor Jeremy Black talks to Graham Stewart about archival research and the importance of source material
Hilary Hahn: Paris (Deutsche Grammophon)
Hahn’s finely honed skills as a violinist are seldom in demand on this one-star album
Grand old warrior
Nigel Jones recalls the time he spent in the home of the legendary German writer Ernst Jünger
A time to keep silence and time to speak
Nicola Sturgeon offers a PR masterclass in how to bury bad news
E Pluribus Unum?
View From Oxford: A tale of two Presidents
Beyond unthrilled by all the hype
When a new major title by a big cheese arrives, expect a tidal wave of rolled logs
Take a leaf out of sport’s book
Music has lost its unpredictability, its thrilling fear while sport’s passion shines, says Norman Lebrecht