Corruption
Boris’s Tricky Dicky problem
When Carrie does it, that means it’s legal
Restore Trust
Many members have decided to walk away and leave the National Trust to its fate. They need to come back
National distrust
Like the monasteries, the National Trust has long since strayed from its purpose. It’s time for reformation or dissolution
Conflict of interest
Nigel Boardman’s inquiry into the Greensill Affair squanders the opportunity for real reform
Rule of Privilege
In Brazil, the Republic has crossed the Rubicon
Letter from Washington: A grubby kind of normalcy
An ethical quandary surrounding Hunter Biden’s paintings points to a bigger problem
Out With a Bang
It’s the end of the road for Lebanon
North America’s most ethically challenged leader
Will the WE scandal make Justin Trudeau’s halo fall off soon?
The Sinking City
Beset by flooding and corruption, Venice is slowly falling into decline
Aromatherapy for chaps
Get as many days of game sport as possible because one never knows when the self-righteous will stop it
Why don’t we care about twentieth century traditional buildings?
The demolition of M&S on Oxford Street is indicative of a wider attitude towards interwar architecture
What’s gone is here again
Video game technology has reconstructed the lost gardens of Alexander Pope
Match made in heaven
Once a habit that cut across class, smoking is now masochistic comfort for the dispossessed
Under his eye
The new women’s safety app is the logical endpoint of feminism’s culture of fear
The dying days of Nazi Germany
A growing body of literature deals with the horrors of WWII from a German point of view
The censor returns
New Lord Chamberlains are policing the stage with puritan zeal
Le Pétain nouveau
France should look across the Channel before electing a journalist as president
PMQs: Can Boris scrape through?
The Prime Minister prepares to lay down his friends for his life
Overarching view of the air war
These two volumes are a solid starting point for understanding the British and Commonwealth air war
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber symphonies 2&4
Weinberg is an absolute master of intimated emotion