Crafts
Learning in the round
Spreading fingers over a globe, not pinching them on a screen, is the best way to answer questions
Knit picking
The invisible knitting of Michelle Obama led to the cancellation of Kristy Glass
Ad-vent season
Claudia Savage-Gore fumes over the PTA’s latest “voluntary” wheeze
How Singapore gets things done
Singapore’s enlightened authoritarianism offers lessons about effective governance
Train lines to nowhere
The farcical naming of new overground lines has exposed the fragility of progressivism
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
“Problematic” art
This kind of adolescent tripe passes these days for thought
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
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
The emptiness of hype
A cultural legacy depends on far more than passing enthusiasm
The case for more royals
This is no time for a slimmed-down monarchy
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
