Bodleian
Timeless temples of the written word
Oxford Libraries: Architecture by Geoffrey Tyack and Dan Paton
In defence of knowledge
Richard Ovenden’s new book is a passionate defence of the sanctity of knowledge expressed through literature
Saved for posterity
John Bowers reviews Jewish Treasures from Oxford Libraries, by Rebecca Abrams and Cesar Merchan-Hamann
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
How to fix the economy
A repentant ex-financial trader tells all
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
No, the King has not converted
A bizarre conspiracy theory
that Charles III is a Muslim is
easily shown to be false
Digging for gold
La fanciulla del West, Opera Holland Park
Tasty tunes
The Chocolate Soldier, Opera della Luna, Wilton’s Music Hall
Fisticuffs over the fourth movement
When did classical music become so disturbingly polite?
The government must defuse a legal time bomb
Countries of the “Global South” could sue the UK over greenhouse gas emissions
In defence of division
We cannot allow oikophobes and iconoclasts to define what it means for us to be united
Amazing Grace? Meh, it was OK
If there is a reason to see this play, it is Ralph Fiennes
The right moment?
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage are offering some cause for optimism — but is it enough?
The great recoupling
Our politicians have a bizarre sense of costs and benefits when it comes to energy
By the by-elections
Do not expect major surprises or lasting change as a result of the latest Scottish by-elections