The whores and mores of Hanoverian London
The (not so) gentlemen of 18th-century London were a libidinous lot
Just a little note to say “I hate you”
Poisoned pens pierce the veil of sociable living
Pains of Victorian labour
The experience of pregnancy and childbirth in 19th century Britain was no picnic
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Cleaning up the town
As cities grew, so did the need for reform and sanitation
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Defend the bishops’ bench
Removing the Lords Spiritual from the House of Lords would be constitutional vandalism
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
The restless life of a very bourgeois rebel
Gauguin was not an artist who lent himself to categorisation
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
Britain is at breaking point
The UK is experiencing existential challenges, but neither elitists nor populists offer a solution
The sadness of AI boyfriends
Technology can make romance frictionless and sterile
