Book Review
Art’s tragic tug of war
Like Scheherazade, Bruno Schulz traded his art for life
Riches of the east
Mikanowski’s timely book pours iridescent light on the lands and peoples of Eastern Europe
Pains of Victorian labour
The experience of pregnancy and childbirth in 19th century Britain was no picnic
Lost in translation
Do not dream of comparing Roma history with the Jews
Queen of the road
For a quarter of a century, not one British woman could surpass her
On the radar
A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history
A Classical career in an ugly age
The fad-spurning architecture of Hugh Petter
Mr (or Mrs) 15 per cent
The best agents are unobtrusive and make sure attention is focused on their writers
A class act?
Polly Toynbee’s memoirs test the reader’s patience
Those golden years
Ultimately it’s the music that brings to each of us our personal Bowie
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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
How religion shapes football fandom
The meaning of football is intertwined with the meaning of faith
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Dining in a different world
Transported by a restored institution
Taxing the lights on
Miliband’s new levy undermines the very investment needed to bring energy prices down
It is time for antidisestablishmentarianism
Church establishment is still worth fighting for
Pärtly good
Arvo Pärt: 4 symphonies (Chandos)
Women should not have to apologise for their rights
There is nothing cruel about women wanting single-sex spaces
Kurdish delight
Witnessing ancient traditions that have endured through fraught and tumultuous histories
Unionists should unite
It’s time to build alliances to ensure that unionists are not let down again
The revolt against the public
The establishment cannot accept ordinary citizens having power
The tears of Keir’s
It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership
The Symphony’s Indian summer
Imagine hearing a symphony for the first time
Facing demons
On the highs and lows of demonic infestation