Artillery Row
The man behind the Monster
Bernd Fischer and the need for precision
In praise of the military coup
Why, sometimes, military coups can be a force for good
Decentralisation and the impact of political contingencies
The historical power struggle between uniformity and decentralisation
The worrying rise of compelled speech in professional sport
The sports stars pushing back against the BLM movement
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
Too many women are being murdered
Why crime writers need to move on from serial femicide
Bangkok’s revolt remains bloodless, for now
Is the tide turning against Thailand’s oligarchy?
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
If Norman Lebrecht goes a month without hearing Weinberg he feels the loss
Dining out, dying out
Alexander Larman on William Sitwell’s luxurious history of eating out
Iraq’s year of assassinations
Power operates within a militia movement in which no one is invulnerable