American Dream
Justification by merit alone?
The American Dream is a national theology foundered on the rocks of race and meritocracy
Beast of Las Vegas
The first title in Yale University’s highly regarded “Jewish Lives” series to be devoted to a murderous scoundrel
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Tom Stoppard’s Hampstead drama
Best not try to memorise this deceptive Connect Four of relationships — just get into the flow
When geek culture was good
A celebration of Spaced
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
The stress myth
Your emotions are not an illness
