Culture
One big Anglo family
The other Europeans Irish share the most in common with … are the British
Out of the blue
Despite some political hang-ups, James Fox provides diverting stories on the history of colour
Can Davies save the Doctor?
A journey back in time might be the only thing that can revive Doctor Who
“The new Liberace” strikes again
Nigel Kennedy’s latest principled stand against “Jurassic“ FM and the forces of musical conservatism
Piazzolla Cien Anos (Century Records)
Astor Piazzolla is so intimately identified with Buenos Aires that his wider relevance is often missed
Celebrity crime novelists: the latest literary fashion
Crime and thriller titles have replaced Strictly Come Dancing as the new craze for celebrities
Solem Quartet: The Four Quarters (Orchid)
The Solem Quartet are my frontrunners for the best new talent in 2021
The myriad Mona Lisas
How the multiple Mona Lisa copies, and their prices, testify to the longstanding fame of the painting and its mystique
Mr Darcy’s new gig
Perhaps “white privilege” exists after all?
No place for young’uns
Why are pensioners the favoured customer of the National Trust?
The 300 Years’ War
How conflict over land ownership shaped conflict over Ireland
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Bursting the myth of the “people’s war”
The Home Guard was not a nation-in-arms of the Jacobin kind
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
Embrace uncool Britannia
Warhammer is a barnstorming British success, so why the lack of recognition?
Liberal myths of the “good old ways”
Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership
The problem with Rachel Reeves’s pension pretensions
Bigger funds are not the key to effective investments
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
