Butskellism
Politicians versus mandarins
Spats between governments and civil servants are inevitable when administrations have a radical agenda
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Only the truly privileged can be cultural relativists
It is easy not to judge appalling cultural practices from a distance
Robot recipes
Against cooking by algorithm
Landscapes of allusion and illusion
On the architecture of recreation
Accidental Orientalism
Britain has been reduced to selling a cheap simulacrum of its history
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
Back in the arena
If you liked Gladiator, you’ll like Gladiator II
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
Medieval treasures of Germany
Aachen and the great temples of medieval Europe seem like vast spiritual power stations
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
