Carols
February: Letters to the Editor
Peter Hitchens resents being called a “High Tory”
The grim quasi-religious doctrine of “unconscious bias training”
Baroness Royall’s commitment to the idea should concern Oxford students, academics and administrators
When America ignored a slaughter
Whatever America’s flaws, its absence from the global stage leaves a space quickly filled by far more malevolent actors
Blue-collar brilliance
1970s Pittsburgh wasn’t just a steel town: it was the steel town
Reading Winston Churchill
Half a century on, we’re still learning more about Britain’s most famous Prime Minister
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
Borientalism
Madama Butterfly, Opera Ballet Flanders, Antwerp
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Cowboy quartet
A new screen Western is always welcome
Dark lessons from Canada
Once “assisted dying” is legal, the boundaries of what is permissible expand
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
