Charles II
The building king
King Charles can be a late bloomer
Pulsating panorama of a complex decade
A new history of the Interregnum rescues this forgotten period of history from oblivion
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
How to mainline true crime
People are tuning in for entertainment, not pure information
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
Fine art versus luxury goods
The auction houses’ love expensive brands
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
Playing politics
Parliament was at its most preposterous today
13 Years Later
Who could be inspired by this zombie conservatism?
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Fifth magician blues
He made the tea, he forged the autographs, and only once did he run out of plectrums
