Colm Tóibín
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate
Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos
WW3 and the end of history
The age of world wars is past, the age of global civil war has come
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
The Conservatives should not cancel Christians
A Conservative party that demonises Christian convictions will cease to be conservative
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)