1920s
A Wodehousian pick-me-up
Noel Coward and Friends: A Marvellous Party (Signum Classics)
Jiving in the ruins
This dazzling album features young composers in hyperinflationary Berlin
G.K. Chesterton and the pandemic
The prince of paradox predicted the absurdities of Covid lockdowns
Smashed stereotypes or revisionist reveries?
Why judge prohibitionists by their words when we can judge them by their actions?
Joseph Roth’s golden twenties
When Hitler came to power, the bubble burst
Size isn’t necessarily substance
Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable
Cometh the hour, cometh the dealmaker
Trump’s ego might be just what the world needs
Feminist rehab for mean girl Mahler
You’d have thought the Head Muse of old Vienna had enough on her plate
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Assisted dying and the risk of premature surrender
We should be very wary of the circumvention of true palliative care
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
Academic freedom needs legal safeguards
Violations of academic freedom are endangering the progress of knowledge and the pursuit of truth
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
The Church of England has to rebuild trust
The next Archbishop must love this church back into health
The reality of assisted dying, an open letter
A plea to MPs to vote against this dangerous law
