Alexander Zemlinsky
Vienna’s hapless missing link
Zemlinsky’s music is arresting and his ideas fertile and diverse, but he often goes unnoticed
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Labour’s mercurial kingmaker
The eventful career of Josh Simons, the man who gave up his seat for Andy Burnham
In defence of Lara Bird
There is nothing weird or dishonest about having a dual existence
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
The generation delusion
Chris Bayliss and Henry Hill are joined by the Reverend Marcus Walker to discuss intergenerational responsibility
In praise of Canary Wharf
Once dismissed as a sterile outpost, Canary Wharf has become one of Britain’s greatest urban success stories
Are automated auctions on the way?
New technology has a double edge
Undramatic life of a literary also-ran
Malcolm Cowley never understood very much about literature
Britain will be worse without hereditary peers
The expulsion of the hereditaries is neither fair nor pragmatic
Murders for May
From the spa resort of Buddington to the streets of Tokyo
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
The pitfalls of epistemic snobbery
The “Sophie of Dundee” case proves that confirmation bias is a double-edged sword
Andy Burnham’s devolution delusions
Think central government is the only problem? Look around you
Reset as usual
Labour’s problem is not messaging, presentation or leadership — it is that the party lacks the appetite for the reforms Britain demands
Jorge Luis Borges
A giant of Spanish letters who was forged by childhood exposure to his father’s vast English library