Artillery Row

Getting the barnacles off

Simon Hoare and David Hoey debate the merits of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Super hypocrites

Spare us the sentimental tosh about working-class sport, tradition and community

The Sport of Kings

The Grand National and the culture of horseracing in art and literature

Uncovering the GRU

The GRU, Unit 29155 of Russia’s military intelligence service, is a remarkable failure of counterintelligence and politics from the West, says James Snell

Dom’s People

Tinker Tailor Soldier Twat

Is it time to get our thinking caps on?

Rev Steve Morris explains how we can repurpose the smoking cap away from the dandies and back to functional wear

The finest actress of her generation

How Helen McCrory blazed through her life and career like a comet

Vaccination narratives

The evolution of vaccine rollouts and the reliance on mass-media, advertising and celebrity cameos

Is it time for the honours system to go?

From the questionable calibre of candidates to clandestine cancellations, Michael Collins queries the future of this (not so) honourable tradition

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 4 and 6 (LSO Live)

Italian-born and London-bred Antonio Pappano lets the gentle rhythms of Ralph Vaughan Williams’s music say it all