In praise of the fruit of the barley
This is an enthusiastic and fluent guide to the world of beer, with an understanding that what makes it such a joy is to do with how it makes us feel
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
Art sales slump
Real world issues have quenched the post-COVID euphoria
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
We are missing the important point on procurement
Systemic dysfunction is far more important than individual failures
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Noisy decline
Blaring incongruous sound is as much a sign of urban decay as piles of litter
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
