A magisterial study of war and strategy
Jeremy Black deals a fatal blow to Napoleon’s reputation as a military genius
Venice’s tortuous tourist tax
How much public money has been wasted on a scheme which will be quietly retired?
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
More than just a club
The four men who founded Aston Villa could not have imagined what would follow
Why we should question the charge of “Islamophobia”
Valid criticism of beliefs and behaviour should not be equated with hateful bigotry
Politics with the depth of a puddle
A month of politically-minded podcasts has reached its exhausting apogee
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
The Midas touch
The kind of skill that makes the breath catch in thousands of throats at once
Sloane danger
Obvious, expensive and tasteless, Azzurra’s food perfectly echoes Mr Angell’s ambience
