Arty Types
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Sunak stumbles
The Prime Minister spent half of the afternoon trying to extract his foot from his mouth
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Silence speaks volumes
Lee Anderson speaks out — or, at least, gets someone else to do it for him
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate