Bamiyan Buddhas
Assaulting statues
The history of iconoclasm offers deeper lessons than are on display in the current statue-toppling craze
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
The truth about Notting Hill Carnival
We should be more honest about the dark side of the event
Kemi Badenoch’s bad spell
Badenoch keeps bowling lop hops to Keir Starmer
An actor’s story is a late career marvel
Cleverness is a virtue in itself but is never sterile or without purpose
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Risks and rewards
It is too easy to forget that jockeys run life-threatening risks
International Society for Libdem Consciousness
It’s a cult, but at least it’s one of the cheerful ones
