Brookdale
Why Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes didn’t work
It is very hard to blend comedy and politics
The shame of the Oxford Union
A debate on Israel and Palestine was a disgrace
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
We need a market-led course to net zero
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
An irreversible step
If Britain embraces euthanasia for the terminally ill, it won’t end there
The childishness of republicanism
Lidia Thorpe’s outburst is no reflection of the Australian attitudes towards the King
William Warham
A champion of the English Church unfairly eclipsed by his great rivals Wolsey, Cranmer and Cromwell
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious