Bamber Gascoigne
Between the cerebral and the warm
University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne was the quintessential Englishman
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
Women in prisons deserve better
Classifying male criminals as women adds insult to injury
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The human condition, in Wales
The universal and the particular sit awkwardly in this Cardiff exhibition
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Ironic fascism
Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert
Were lockdowns ethical?
Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms
Face to face with history
Holbein at the Tudor Court brings the English Renaissance court back to vivid life
Dumb, glum and zero-sum
British thinking has to value supply more than distribution
