Books
The accidental case against assisted dying
Rabbi Jonathan Romain undermines the argument that he is trying to make
Murders for January
Crime fiction for cold months
A non-fictional feast!
The best of military history from 2025
Losing Truman
This ghost trail is filled with false starts and made-up assertions, but it ultimately leads us nowhere
How did Britain get rich?
Quests for profit, control and transformation were scarcely specific to Britain
Alpine lyricism
Each day mimics the last, ending in a mountain refuge Holy Trinity of soup, fire and bed
Spare me your “Books of the Year”
Or, how to come across as a person of taste and refinement in the annual back-slapping fest
The movies’ maestro
Hollywood’s most well-known tunesmith now has a doorstopper biography
More than merely a magician with words
The poetry of Tennyson is no gorgeous trick of words, no siren song
Puncturing the toxic myth of “elitism”
No art form is more subtle, more visceral, more preposterous and more life-affirming than opera
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The torment and the tourists
Holiday-makers must stop enabling the abuse of horses in Egypt
The screaming spires
Oxford University must clarify where it stands on academic freedom
What Louis Theroux ignores
Pea-brained influencers make for an easier target than Islamic misogyny
To defeat populism, don’t start here
Views that would be charming in their naivety, were they not so contradictory or facile
Kemi always gets it right
Whatever the crisis, the Conservative leader invariably discovers that events have vindicated her.
Brexit was not an act of economic self-harm
Whatever you have heard, UK-EU trade is doing just fine
Drill, baby, drill
We need Cornish lithium and tin just as much as North Sea oil — whatever the nimbys say
Hard rain in Spain
Domestic scandal has rocketed back to the forefront of Spanish politics
What the Brits can learn from Ireland
A seriousness of intent, a sense of longevity and a feeling for history
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)
Our oriental roots
Marian Boswall salutes the early plant
hunters who revolutionised gardening