Christopher Columbus
Refuting the flat Earth fallacy
This rollicking adventure indicts lazy and self-satisfied readings of the past
The golden age of criticism?
There are good reasons why serious writers no longer review in the national press
A worthy but deeply flawed attack on woke
A distinct lack of charity when evaluating the motivations and goals of others
Office politics
There’s the joker, the slacker, and the bloke who just got fired
Killing time
Parliament is making the world a better place, one death at a time
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start
Less than the sum of its parts
Eugene Onegin, Royal Opera
The blessings on our doorsteps
It is all too easy to forget the astonishing cultural wealth that lies close to hand in our medieval parish churches
Peston’s inbox
Kemi wants a correction, and Keir could appear on celebrity TV
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Don’t depend on Disney
Of course big business never cared about gender distressed children
