Acclaimed
When the hype becomes the story
As Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light is released this week, Alexander Larman examines the over-excitement of high-profile releases
The age of reason, sliced and diced
No historian wields Ockham’s razor more effectively than J.C.D. Clark
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Murders for October
Tales from the gothic to the macabre
The authoritarian populism of Keir Starmer
This government is anything but technocratic
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
Hoorah for winter!
Life comes alive again in October when you can start anticipating proper National Hunt racing
Keir’s woetanical garden
Labour still don’t understand the scale of the reforms that are needed
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
The rise of suburbia
The English experiment in liminal living
