The Measure of Malice. Scientific Detection Stories, edited by Martin Edwards (2019). British Library Crime Classics, £8.99.
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All small talk
Dwarf uprisings, Daleks and disreputable handymen
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
A wealth of Irish architecture
Editorial errors do not spoil a fine work of Irish architectural history
Overmedicalisation is harming Generation Z
Zoomers are fragile because they have been told they are
The awkward truth about sex and free speech
More women should realise that “inclusivity” should not come before freedom
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
War destroys everything
Alex Garland’s Civil War is filled with terror and horror
