Camino de Santiago
A paean to Spain and Italy during troubled times
On the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage I saw the delights of the countries most cruelly ransacked by Coronavirus
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
The fading fumes of the New Right
None of the Tory candidates offer the chance of an ideological makeover
Sophocles’s lack-of-foresight saga
Families will feud, from the BC era to 2024
Booze or muse?
Composers have been no slouches when it comes to the sauce
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism