Abigail Shrier
Can jokes in terrible taste ever be funny?
Wisecracks is clearly the work of an academic philosopher adept at teasing out fine distinctions between “offenses” and “harms”
Fun in the sun
Summer finally appeared for the most civilised drinks event of the season
Here comes trouble
Farage is going to cause huge headaches for the Tories, and may be here to stay
Is Badenoch ready?
The stand-out Conservative looks less convincing with each interview
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Technical problems
Rishi Sunak must be glad to face one problem that is absolutely not his fault
Sweet vengeance could turn sour
Anti-Conservative right-wingers should be careful what they wish for
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
Well-behaved Beethoven
Beethoven: Triple concerto and British folksongs (Decca)
In the beginning: neither fish nor fowl
Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson