Atom Bomb
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me
Ireland’s surrogacy scandal
The Irish inferiority complex grasps at any first — no matter how low
Giving Mozart a makeover
Mozart: The Salzburg Project (Warner)
Why “buffer stocks” don’t work
Yet again, economists have failed to understand Smith
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
What the Conservatives should learn from Keir Starmer
The only way to reform the Tories is to purge
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
The problem with politeness
The British aversion to seeming rude exposes us to ideological scolds
Twitter’s doxxing problem
Social media “outings” expose serious lapses in legality and digital morality
Against literary celebriphilia
We need interesting authors, not “big names”
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
The Tories are victims of themselves
It is futile to complain about the consequences of laws they have established or upheld