Bookshops
Where has all the money gone?
Even Booker Prize-winning novelists struggle to make a living from writing
Bookshop serendipity
A bibliophile carries books like memories
Hay dude
Hay is the place to go for a literary harvest
Bookshops remaindered
The second-hand book trade has lost much of its romance and charm, not to mention eccentric establishments and their owners
Vanishing worlds
Round-up: what do these books tell us about literary culture in 2021?
Don’t judge a bookshop by its cover
Independent bookstores are often no more ethical than the big chains
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
The conversion of St Lee
Never mind migrants converting, what about the MPs?
How can we pay for our cathedrals?
Critics of silent discos in Canterbury Cathedral are silent on how to fund our churches
Diversity is not our strength
The Khan Review reveals a society needlessly splintered along ethno-religious lines
Don’t take the vapes!
Will there be no end to the government’s embrace of prohibitionism?
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Explaining the gender gap in politics
Why men and women have been marching in different ideological directions
High art or high camp?
Elektra, Royal Opera House
Remembering an Agatha Christ-mas
What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?
