Arty Types
Etta Parsloe
Twitter vigilante
Max & Heidi Whitlow
Round Robiners
Julien Spirtle
Comeback Kid
Terry Rant
Ageing controversialist
Bunty Malone
Best-selling novelist
Cheryl Partington
Media Don
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Murders for September
British detectives go abroad, as this month’s chillers take us from a fictional Spanish island to the Far East
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
The West is weak
The Russian-American prisoner exchange sends a catastrophic message of Western frailty
Against autumn
Throw away your Pumpkin Spice Lattes
Composed and electrifying
Klaus Tennstedt: The Radio Broadcasts (Doremi, 4CDs)
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
London and the laggards
In the eighteenth century London was booming, but many towns weren’t doing so well
The great Conservative farewell
The Conservatives’ terrible result could become terminal
Twilight of the gods
The eclipse of the gilded 1980s generation can be seen as a welcome changing of the guard
Run from “Rabbits”
Hugo Rifkind’s new novel is like a warm bath turning cold
