Culture
History, fans, noise and passion
Football fans know a Proper Club when they see one
Clubbing after Covid
The meek may inherit the Earth, but not yet
It’s time to resurrect forgiveness
The Critic Narrated: Episode Two, with Revd. Marcus Walker, Hannah Betts and Patrick Galbraith
Back from the dead
The UK has a rich comics tradition often obscured by the cultural dominance of Marvel and DC
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
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
March of the guys
How did one honorific colonise our language?
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Reading humbly
Approaching texts with love, patience and humility can reveal more than scepticism
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
An orderly and civilised society
The biggest missing idea in British politics
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
Kemi Badenoch’s “ming vase” must be shattered
The Conservative candidate should not be allowed to escape scrutiny
Developing nations will be forced to choose
Sitting on the fence between China and the USA is unsustainable
Have we been barking up the wrong tree?
Mark Rowlands believes that humans have a lot to learn from dogs
