Culture
Super Thursday
The busiest day of the publishing calendar offers hope for some, but ruin for many
The man who restored Japan
Shinzo Abe has led Japan to overcome its war guilt and emerge as a major global power
A worthy heiress to Princess Ida
Where has originality and character gone in the art of Violin playing?
To stay together, Canadian Tories should stand apart
The CPC should do a full Murdo Fraser in Quebec
A conservative chairman won’t save the BBC
No matter who takes over the BBC, the corporation is irrevocably broken
How Europe slowly came to terms with the Holocaust
And with what shifting emphasis do different countries remember the crime? Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart discuss
Altogether enough enjoyment
Venice after people
Last Night of the Proms – a storm in a teacup?
BBC Proms row has developed into an unexpectedly successful publicity stunt
Is this the end for the National Trust?
Proposed money-generating changes could be the demise of a national treasure
The worrying rise of compelled speech in professional sport
The sports stars pushing back against the BLM movement
Excluding Imran Khan is cowardly and wrong
Oxford University has made a serious mistake
Religion without mercy
Progressivism has all the zeal of Christianity, but none of its emphasis on forgiveness
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Twitter monetisation was a mistake
It has diminished rather than enhanced creativity
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Folly, fantasy and Britain’s defence crisis
Britain has spent scarce resources in support of the fantasy of “Global Britain”
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
When the music stopped
A reflection on the inexorable decline of arts education and the rise of knee-jerk politics and managerialism
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
