Andrew Stauffer
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Look on our works, ye voters, and despair
Nothing beside remains except the colossal wreck of the Tory Party
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
The US city on the banks of the Thames
Critics don’t care for Canary Wharf, considering it a monument of 1980s corporatism
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Labour has a conspiracy problem
Dawn Butler MP should reevaluate her eccentric ideas
John Swinney’s Isla Bryson moment?
The Scottish Government must be made to face the facts on sex and gender
Israel and the danger of perpetual war
Friends of Israel should be alarmed about the prospect of fighting on numerous fronts
