Anne Enright
Best of the year that was
Put down the pandemic novels: Here’s my favourite fiction of 2020
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Religion is here to stay
A new spirit of confidence and fearlessness characterises those who continue to believe
Don’t trust the Runnymede Trust
The law is too indulgent of political charities
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
No Kemi, liberalism hasn’t been hacked
Badenoch’s party brought us to this point. It was no accident
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
The big picture
A story of modern Britain, a moral tale, of venality, hubris and fraud
Soporific Starmer
The Prime Minister appears to be making a virtue of his own dullness
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable