There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
A festival for women — and men?
You cannot address the underrepresentation of women by including men
Is a guaranteed sale fair?
Auction house practices may be distorting the picture
The hidden cost of pronoun politeness
Using untruthful pronouns is not the same as complimenting a bad haircut
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Against Britain’s two-tier policing
Street preachers should not be arrested for offending people
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
In defence of GB News
Demands for the channel to be silenced amount to snobbery and opportunism
Sinking giggling into the sea
The Conservatives were very amused with Rishi Sunak’s latest joke, even if no one else was
Common prayer
Britain, and her monarchy, have a language fitted for times of joy and sorrow alike — so why does the Church of England make such poor use of our traditional liturgy?
Grandmasters: a meeting of great minds
Napoleon and Goethe: Touchstone of Genius by Raymond Keene
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
