Antiques
Lovely legs, madam
Thomas Woodham-Smith on the sexed-up fantasies of the antique dealer
Swap till you drop
Thomas Woodham-Smith enjoys a great trade tradition
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
Why Oxfam bookshops, as tremendous as they are, may be the end of the second-hand bookseller
The man who made antiques cool
Christopher Gibbs inspired a generation of dealers, aesthetes and designers
Hat trick ball
Help me trace Gunner Costello, the fast bowler who may have survived a Court-Martial
Closing the books
Thomas Woodham-Smith finds the latest research is online
Crowded House
Thomas Woodham-Smith juggles his work-life balance
Fairs and fair dealing
Thomas Woodham-Smith listens with caution
Burgundy bargains
Thomas Woodham-Smith mixes gluttony and business
Party pieces
Thomas Woodham-Smith sees out the antique year
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
He’s not the messiah, he’s a transwoman
Transsexual Apostate is a disturbing book, written for disturbing times
Down the primrose WPATH
Responsible medical authorities must reject the dangerous nonsense of gender-affirming care
The dangers of digital media
By abandoning physical media, have we exposed ourselves to censorship and corporate control?
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
The Grand Migrant Hotel Rwanda
All are welcome at Kagame’s eccentric migrant hostelry, and don’t worry about the roving deathsquads: they’re harmless
Why the Voice failed
The Australian establishment has been too focused on symbolic gestures rather than practical change
Death throes of a dictatorship?
Amid war and discontent, military rule in Myanmar is faltering
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
