Big Ben
Battle of the bells and the boutique hotel
Charles Saumarez Smith on the campaign to save the historic London foundry that produced both Big Ben and the Liberty Bell
The light and the insubstantial
Poulenc and others: Chamber music (Calliope/DG)
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Unpacking neurodivergence and gender identity
Neurodivergent teenagers are in danger of having their struggles miscategorised
Encouraging evil for the common good
Mansfield does not condemn him: rather refreshingly he exhilarates in Machiavelli’s genius
How the Ukraine delusion may end
Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
The crisis in the universities
A Critic panel brought light as well as heat to the troubled question of higher education
The scandal of screens
Parents are ill-equipped to fight the power of Big Tech over children’s lives — they desperately need the law to be on their side
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law
Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications
