Biography
Confessions of a left-wing Pope
Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona
Why there has been no Street life
G.E. Street built or restored 113 churches for the Oxford diocese alone
Iain Banks: a double life
His disturbing debut, The Wasp Factory, is being reissued this year
Alcibiades
The Ancient Greek orator, philanderer, drunk, traitor and hero would have felt at home in modern politics
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
The truth about London Bridge
Flawed narratives should not distort historical memory of the planning for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Life versus learning: a battle of the titans
In their lives we find fiercely opposed poles of a culture that has profoundly shaped our world
Chapter and verse on the unknowable Bard
The striking thing about Sir Stanley’s Shakespeare is how unsexy he is
Napoleon sold short
On Ridley Scott’s Napoleon and the challenge of biopics
Is Donald Trump the new Hillary Clinton?
His campaign is failing to reach out to enough voters
Why Europeans don’t get Elon
Twitter has brought us into direct, unfiltered contact with an America we don’t really know or understand
Online gambling isn’t bad for the economy
Is there an economic case for prohibitionism? No
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Why personal insults fail
Getting personal might be mean, but it is also ineffective
Three decades of broken promises on immigration
Time and time again, Labour and the Conservatives have failed to deliver on their pledges
Defend Christian private schools
Keir Starmer’s tax raid would be bad for children, parents and the state
You can’t legislate away hatred
Don’t just do something, stand there
EDI corrodes the rule of law
Embedding EDI in the work of barristers makes for bad law, not a good society
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
The magic of the original stubbornly refused to rise from the dead and save the movie from mediocrity
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
