Book Review
The Saad facts
A spirited but disappointing screed against wokeness
Going Rogue
An interesting if unappealingly illustrated reassessment of a neglected style
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Butterfield’s glorious vindication
Received opinion was wrong about William Butterfield’s powerful architecture
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
Getting the measure of the Russian bear
A defensive concern under the right conditions can morph into a warrant for brutal expansionism
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Eventful afterlife of a visionary genius
Unexpected bit players in Friedrich’s story set this endeavour apart from your average art biography
Clickbait criticism
A depressing, inarticulate complaint of a generation too paralysed even to make art
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The martyrdom of Young Bob
On ebbing power of the political influencer
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Can Russell T Davies write “terfs”?
In Tip Toe, Russell T Davies is more nuanced than one might expect — much to the dismay of gender ideologues
Labour’s battle of egos
There is little love left to lose between those plotting regicide in Downing Street
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
In partial defence of Steve Bray
You can’t blame the pro-EU irritant for making British politics undignified
Wunderbar wines
The love affair between British and German wine is an ancient one
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
In the trenches
Hannah Betts considers whether the
classic trench coat is the GOAT
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
Bach in black
CPE Bach: Berlin Symphonies (BIS)
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Two false dawns
Anger can furnish a movement with energy, but not with votes
The Tobacco and Vapes Bill is a masterclass in self-defeat
Labour’s tobacco crackdown will fuel crime, hurt retailers, and push smokers towards worse habits