Astor Piazzolla
Piazzolla Cien Anos (Century Records)
Astor Piazzolla is so intimately identified with Buenos Aires that his wider relevance is often missed
British industry has forgotten how to use its voice
Corporate cowards are not standing up to the government
Much more than mere child’s play
Children’s literature is the platform on which everything else is built
One of the greats
Bathos, fatalism, heartbreak: these are the pillars of a MacColl song
Donald Trump and the age of sovereign internationalism
We are entering a new age of great power competition
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
Sausage to fortune
Vague promises might haunt Starmer more than an embarrassing gaffe
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
International courts are largely irrelevant
An institutional spider’s web cannot stop a geopolitical elephant
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
This is England, nor are we out of it
Englishness isn’t an ethnicity, or even an idea. It’s more like auto-destructive art
