Astor Piazzolla
Piazzolla Cien Anos (Century Records)
Astor Piazzolla is so intimately identified with Buenos Aires that his wider relevance is often missed
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
Neither beautiful, nor true
The new Fourth Plinth commission creates moral and artistic confusion
Brooding blokes
Russian writers loved a pouting, picturesquely pained protagonist
Kim Leadbeater’s “safeguards” won’t keep people safe
The proposed legal hurdles are effectively useless
Iranian women deserve more support
Self-styled internationalists are failing them
Dress code
How did Starmer not know how it would look? (The donation, not the clothes)
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Was Houellebecq right?
Reassessing the French novelist vilified for forecasting the Islamicisation of France