Culture
Greater Polish representation with subverted expectations
Ben Sixsmith reviews My Friend the Polish Girl
Mindfulness won’t get you through the lockdown
Brits needs to rediscover their stiff upper lip
What will become of the hospitality industry?
Has Britain’s favourite pastime of eating and drinking reached its peak? How will the industry recovery from this financial blow?
The Rise of the Dominics
Dominic Green on the prevalence of his own name
Blessed are the geeks
The San Francisco Bay Area is short on solutions to old problems
Culture Shutdown
Can the arts survive coronavirus?
A little world of death
Christopher North says the decline of bull fighting is greatly exaggerated
When the hype becomes the story
As Hilary Mantel’s The Mirror and the Light is released this week, Alexander Larman examines the over-excitement of high-profile releases
Unleash this heavenly voice
The role of music in Jewish worship has acquired a sudden topicality with the involvement of two major record labels
Less austerity, more pizazz
Grand opera was long thought quite dead but is suddenly rearing its shaggy head again
Just the tonic
Rediscover the forgotten treasure of Australia: fortified wines
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
The attractions of extremes
Are we going to become ever more passive consumers of other people’s thoughts and memories?
A wealth of glorious objects and images
A new book about the discovery of classical sculptures and frescoes is itself a real treasure
Free speech defenders should practice what they preach
There should be no illiberal exception for anti-Zionist academics
Countdown to energy apocalypse
What will happen when the wind doesn’t blow?
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping
Blogosphere bubble
Reviving a simple English classic: bubble and squeak
Homes for heroes
MPs are committed public servants who need accomodation in London to do their job
What’s wrong with the Human Rights Act?
It makes judges the arbiter of moral and political as well as legal decisions
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
