Corporations
Secular stigmata
Women are caught between different forms of bodily shame
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
Man of letters: reading between the lines
Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Weak, flawed, limited; an opportunity missed
Sanghera really should have devoted more attention to the pre-Western history in Empireworld
How to make marriage less taxing
We should let young couples keep more of their own money
How to lose an empire
The rise and fall of the Sassoon family, whose yearning for social acceptance brought titles at the cost of success
The fixtures that forged a nation
Even if you loathed sport, you could enjoy this book — which is why it can both delight and frustrate
The publisher and the police
The case of Ernest Moret has drawn attention to a sinister abuse of power
Sunak of many colours
He has become all things to all people, that he might save some seats
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
