Artillery Row
Airline Maps: A century of art and design
An enjoyable visual book that acts as a history of aviation
Thespians in the woods
Alexander Larman explains how pantomime went upmarket
A good read but variable as history
A Short History of London is good on architecture but a more sophisticated analysis is needed
History man
Reflecting on a life in a British university
Cancel the Turner
It looks like it was made by artists who don’t like art and chosen by judges who don’t either
Clive James, the Kid from Kogarah
A tribute to the late Clive James, by David Herman
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
Death of a polymath
The great British opera director Jonathan Miller has died aged 85. Here is one of his last interviews
An appreciation of the late John Simon
Andrew Cusack remembers the apotheosis of criticism
Restoring the Constitution
Martin Howe QC explains why we need a Restoration of the Constitution Bill
Looking back: WWIII remembered
This was not supposed to happen. Not in the year 2029. A nuclear war, millions dead, firestorms, irradiated cities. How did we get here?
The myth of Abbey Road
Abbey Road is less a cornerstone of the Beatles’ legend than its tombstone
Party people
Corbyn knows the crowd-pleasers, but can he play to a wider audience?
The local food revival
Felipe Fernández-Armesto rejoices in the pleasures and comforts of traditional food
Might-have-been books
Do I ever regret the books I might have written? Only fleetingly.
Games people play
Why team spirit leaves me cold