Catherine the Great
Odesa: The Battle for a City’s Soul
Putin’s war has only strengthened the Ukrainian identity of a port where many have turned against their own Russian language and want to tear down Moscow’s imperial monuments
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Murders for November
Another mélange of murders, from Japan to Scotland
Is “progressive realism” either?
Weighing up the rights and wrongs of the Lammy Doctrine
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
The expensive problem with the minimum wage
Higher wages for some, perhaps, but joblessness for others
The second life of Tracey Emin
A brush with death has revitalised her work
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
The day of the DfIDs
The real problem with foreign aid
