Columns

The sacred and the profane

Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement

A dentist’s appointment for Liam

Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there

Therapy is making children ill

What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience

Let the blood-letting begin

The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again

Queen of Hearts

Perturbed to find Diana has a starring role in Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted

A discordant song

Classical music may be the worst casualty of identitarian politics

Fire and ice

Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert

Grizelda Buncome

Peripatetic creative writing tutor

The case for more royals

This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy

Pen pusher

My fascination with fountain pens