Culture
The other Elizabeth Taylor
Discover “one of the finest novelists of her and our time.”
Play it again, Sam
Nostalgia has long been the key to pop’s survival
Shani Diluka: The Proust Album (Warner)
His concerto is a rag-and-bone man’s barrow trundling down a Haussmann boulevard
Old school ties
Fates in this unforgiving industry are long decided
Grubbing a living
These two books show that it has always been the preserve of the unscrupulous to peddle their wares to the gullible and salacious
Do the right thing
Shoots must be places of buzzing biodiversity
To the bitter end
Why on earth would we want to see the same tawdry old stories endlessly re-enacted?
The Polish Volin, Vol. 2 (Chandos)
The atmosphere is so thick you’d need a charcuterie knife to cut it
A lecture in unflagging naivety
If you want your views of the wrongness of Brexit confirmed, this dull book will do so
Miserable minimalism
Lisa Hilton says a prime spot near the kitchen is no compensation for a bewilderingly bad evening
Save this perfect Welsh building
The Church Institute and Churchmen’s Club at Llanfairfechan need, and deserve, to be preserved
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
Parliamentary sovereignty (extreme edition)
Rwanda is safe. How do we know? Because we said so.
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Leaving Kindland, entering reality
“Being kind” at the expense of truth and reason can make us nothing of the kind
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
Italian lessons
On matching the sauce to the pasta
Soothing sounds in time of war
There are expectations going back to 1948 that musicians turn up to provide relief
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
