Antonio Pappano
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
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Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Solent mean
Solent PhD student frozen out after introducing Roger Scruton into seminar
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
A chaplain’s vindication
The case of Dr Bernard Randall has exposed the rot in our institutions
The myth of banned books
If transgression is fun and easy, it is probably not transgressive
Out with the old?
Reform seems to be thriving, and Labour seems to be losing, but what can actually change?
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Latin love, Hispanic hate
Spain and Argentina’s complex relationship is being strained by the World Cup
Wilde times at the country house
Gerald Barry’s outrageous The Importance of Being Earnest manages to overmatch the virtuoso original
Labour’s Gagging Acts
Labour is taking inspiration from Pitt the Younger when it comes to curbing speech
The games we play
Richard Holt’s sweeping survey of sporting history shows how games, from cricket to boxing, became one of Britain’s most durable cultural languages
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
The case for vapes
Arguments for prohibitionism disappear in a cloud of vapour
After the abdication
Springwood is a skillful and intelligent examination of presidential-monarchical relations
NigeDosh: an urgent appeal
Tonight’s political coverage is repeatedly interrupted by urgent appeals for charities that may or may not be fictional