Alex Massie
Tony goes to Holyrood
The Bumper Book of Scottish Political Counterfactuals: In which Tony Blair takes his rightful place as First Minister
Murders for February
Hitler, Harlem and the high-life feature in this month’s murder mystery haul
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The joy of pets
Pet ownership is one of life’s simple pleasures, but it also lifts the soul
Fire and ice
Klopp is the air-punching booming-laugh extrovert; Guardiola the turtleneck-wearing, obsessively professorial introvert
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The broad influence of Aquinas
His influence has been felt in economics as well as philosophy and religion
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash