Chanukah
Christmas doesn’t have to be cancelled
A Covid Christmas could be the right time to introduce new festive traditions
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Murders for March
Sharp lines, twisting plots and colourful characters
We must escape Subtopia
As Ian Nairn warned, British town planning has had a grim levelling effect on our urban and rural spaces
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
The problem with “extremism”
Violence and intimidation are deplorable, but can there be a clear definition of a concept as subjective as “extremism”?
Who edits the editor?
The bright young things of publishing want to be involved in every line of every new book
Keystones of Britain’s history
Far too many young people are woefully ignorant of the splendour and meaning of our rich ecclesiastical architecture
Grimdull
The fantasy genre is afflicted by a dull and tedious obsession with adolescent cynicism, prurient scenes and one dimensional anti-heroes
Devolution has been a disaster
SNP incompetence is a feature of the system and not a bug
