Book Review
Manifesto for traditional elegance
Classicism’s enduring relevance and timeless appeal
At the hands of Argentina’s “kidnapper-in-chief”
This personal history of the Falklands War brings new details to light
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The Roman roots of the English church
Perhaps two new church histories have a salutary message for today’s C of E
Being the girl in the green jumper
Cyril Mann’s muse, Renske Mann, rescues the artist from forgotten obscurity
Can our duties set us free?
Jacob Phillips’ new book challenges the assumption that freedom lies in unconstraint
A bitter brew from darkest Peru
Iain Sinclair on the trail of his Victorian ancestor
In Darwin’s dreamland
A two-year stint on an island in Lake Victoria makes for a poignant and memorable memoir
Murders for March
Parties and post boxes make beguiling settings for this month’s mysteries
Brass and bullshit
Influencer is just another name for snake-oil salesman
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Dark rumblings at the RIBA
Secretive shenanigans concerning the future home of its drawings collection arouse concern about the wisdom of the governance of the RIBA
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Alan Bates Britain
The case for dramatising every national scandal
It is they who will surrender
We have all of tomorrow’s excuses today
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Britain’s oldest purpose-built synagogue faces a new, more insidious threat
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
The love that dare not speak its name
Classical music has been tarnished with the dread word “elitism”
Should there be set texts for MPs?
Establishment ignorance of the texts we should be governed by is endangering the United Kingdom
Alcohol and Islam
An English novelist travels the Muslim world in search of a drink
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
