Anthony Blunt
Infamous five
To most of us, the Cambridge Five are just names
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
An unpleasant man, and a genius
The most interesting people are not necessarily the most attractive
Final Analysis
The real measure of a degree
American strategy in Iran is wiser than it seems
President Trump’s intervention will leave the world safer than it was
A memo crying in the wilderness
Why does the Church of England now sound like an HR department?
Populism in its purest form
Nigel Farage is rallying his voters to defend his right not to be asked inconvenient questions about his money
Itamar Ben-Gvir, heel
The Israeli demagogue is a bleak but interesting model of a modern politician
What Pullman gets wrong about Narnia
Philip Pullman is more like C.S. Lewis than he might think
Not mad for it
I Puritani, Royal Opera, Covent Garden
Let’s scrap the Table Tax
The state should stop using our cafes, pubs, and restaurants as a cash cow
Vera, the doctor who defied Rasputin
A female surgeon in the chaos of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union
What makes an American?
What characterises a US citizen in the 21st century, beyond abiding by the country’s laws and supporting its constitution?