Candlemas
Evensong at the end of the world
ASH Smyth sings choral evensong for Candlemas, in Stanley cathedral
The triumph of Irish populism
The three major parties went with what is popular, rather than what is right
The Old Vic under siege
The King’s favourite Shakespearean need hardly trouble himself with such dreary details
Tierless? (Starmer’s version)
Taxpayer-funded escorts for celebrities, criminal neighbours for normal Brits
British libel laws are a SLAPP in the face to press freedom
We need major liberalisation of libel law
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
Who Should Be The Next Archbishop of Canterbury?
With the shock resignation of Justin Welby, who will the Great British Public select to lead the Church of England?
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
