Artillery Row
Is biography having its very own reckoning?
Blake Bailey has become the latest figure to allegedly fall foul of the uncompromising moral standards of American publishing
Nothing matters to careless people
The vigorous virtues are antique now
Johanna Martzy/Michael Mann (DG Eloquence)
The fruits of Michael Mann’s musical career is neither one thing nor another; trapped between Weimar modernism and American consumerism
The magic of Dawn Chorus
On International Dawn Chorus Day, there really is no sound lovelier than the competing noise of birdsong
The Earl of Leicester vs Wells Harbour Railway
The debacle involving Holkham Estate and Wells Harbour Railway is the latest example of the cultural erosion of British towns
Murders for early May
From seedy sex clubs to the streets of Paris: Jeremy Black selects British Library Crime Classics to enjoy over the May Bank Holiday
How exceptional is Britain’s monarchy?
Graham Stewart and Jeremy Black discuss British and European conceptions of monarchy throughout history
No Russian money for Dom
Grieve accidentally sends begging emails to eurosceptics
Is Hollywood bullying the next #MeToo?
New revelations about Hollywood producer Scott Rudin are a sad but unsurprising indictment on the entire industry and its practices
London’s councils are destroying their communities
In the run-up to London’s mayoral and local elections on 6 May, who will deliver on the promise to save the capital’s landmarks?
You can’t beat the left at its own game
Conservative attempts to reverse leftist victimology are doomed to fail
The mixed legacy of #MeToo
There is a difference between confronting male behaviour and recreational man-hating
Why we all feel let down
Reflecting upon the corrosive power of disillusionment in politics and why our leaders are virtue vacuums who lack both competence and character
The bizarre campaign against Physician Associates
The interests of doctors are being elevated above the interests of patients
Anatomy of a populist cynic
As Spain’s national-conservatives get outflanked by “Alvise”, Europe’s “new right” would do well to watch the fringes, too
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
Waugh at war
Self-sacrifice, tradition and service seem to have been cast aside by today’s society
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
Beef stew
Drake might be literally alive, but in terms of reputation, this was a murder
Going on a Truss hunt
We’re not scared — but Conservative MPs should be
A misguided election briefing
The Church must recognise there are Christians on both the left and right of politics
