Anthony Blunt
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
The coddlin’ of the British dance
How Britain’s anarchic rave scene turned authoritarian
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
A Good Read should be better
Some weeks there are comedians and groovy journalists — others it’s groovy journalists and comedians
The wrong kind of groupthink
Why do so many economists deny that the value of money is related to its quantity?
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Time for realpolitik in Israel
Britain’s foreign policy in the Middle East should put British interests first
Immigration restrictionists need more honest arguments
Our debates are side-stepping fundamental questions of morality
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
The ways of waterways
From travelling to trade, how Britons used water before canals
Police Scotland must stop patronising the public
The Hate Crime And Public Order Act will waste the time of the police and endanger the freedoms of the public