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Such sweet sorrow
Lent is an ideal time to take pleasure in a gentle, contemplative and very English strand of musical melancholia
How to become a cult writer
What does it take for an author to become idolised way beyond their literary merit?
Georgia on my mind
There is an exodus of Muscovites with money to Tbilisi and Turkey
When do we lift the sanctions?
Sooner or later a diplomatic compromise will have to be reached
Putin’s brutal war shows why we still need NATO
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the folly of proposals for a European army
Bungs, bears and barges
Two decades of extraordinary experiences in the Ukrainian capital
Fight things that really matter
We must not capitulate to self-indulgent and hypocritical student outrage over Cambridge’s Seeley Library
Always prepare for the unexpected
The instructive parallels between the Falklands and Ukraine wars
The first post-modern war
The Falklands conflict was no imperialist throwback
Singing the Blues
The Varsity Match and Boat Race are no longer part of our sporting conversation
Imaginary friends
The idea of a synthetic companion that knows everything about you goes well beyond friendship
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
An artist at the assizes
Cyril Hare was that rara avis: a circuit judge who could write like an angel
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
No interest in national interests
The government is not putting Britain first
How the Tories can win again
The new leader of the Conservatives must reach an important, ignored sector
Over the line
No one should discipline children for asking honest questions or telling the truth
Hoop dreams
Football turned out to be a poor way of shirking parental duties
