Classics
Out with the old and in with the new
People are asking why the classic art market has declined — and will it recover?
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
Bringing the Bacchae to the bush
Chula finds a cultural confidence in Malawi that is lacking in the contemporary West
Oldies made the best holiday companions
A trio of 20th century novels each offer a different desideratum for the discerning lounger
Modern echoes of ancient history
Stephen Kershaw may have taken accessibility too far in his classical account
Murders for January
While away the winter with would-be classics
Woke: the oldest profession
The modern hegemony of the “liberal professions” has become one of the principal challenges to liberal democracy
Murders for August
What masterpieces hide on tired and musty shelves?
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
Against the relegation of Record Review
Why is Radio 3 mistreating one of its greatest assets?
Grossly offensive censorship
A new ruling offers hope for an end to preposterous rulings over “malicious communications”
A mum’s place is in the Irish constitution
Ireland’s constitution is rare in protecting mothers, so why change this?
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Not everyone has a novel in them
Literature is the only art in which, it seems, every neophyte is convinced they can succeed
Dial S for screen time
These middle-class tweens being forbidden phones have had iPads since they were six
