ageing
One day Mhairi Black will be a Karen, too
Age comes for us all, and it makes us no less human
Fighting lies with lies
What depths will we need to go to in order to tackle disinformation in our own time?
How Britain fell in love with cars
From Wind in the Willows to Wodehouse, cars captured the imagination
Lucia di Lammermoor, Royal Opera House
It’s an amazing paradox that something as tawdry as opera can produce such a pure expression of what it is to be human
Stop pampering the left’s attack dog
Hope not Hate are not a reliable judge of what constitutes dangerous extremism
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
An array of civilised music
Walter Kaufmann: 3rd piano concerto, 3rd symphony &c. (CPO)
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Why the OBR is wrong about Brexit
The OBR’s Brexit analysis is based on flawed comparisons and unreasonable predictions
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
The public health fanatics have a new enemy in their sights
The building that inspired Orwell
Was there an appetite at the time for monumental buildings, equivalent to those in Moscow?
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm