Birmingham
The beauty and richness of Brum
Richard Vinen offers a rewarding portrait of ordinary lives and increasingly mediocre politicians
Monuments and monstrosities
Humane planning has again succumbed to wholesale obliteration
It’s not rocket science
It all goes wrong when arts departments start imitating research universities
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
How bad is the news on booze?
And how bad are the ideas for curbing consumption?
Britons need real ownership, not feudal leaseholds
We should shake up an outdated and restrictive system that offers a simulation of property ownership
Judith Butler has a projection problem
It is she, not gender-critical feminists, who seems to be afraid
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Let the blood-letting begin
The Conservative Party must change radically if it is ever to gain power again
Sweet magic in Hokkaido
Sushi for breakfast, crisps for dessert and delicious chocolate
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
