Dan Snow
Identity politics in these islands
A new forum sets out to save the UK – but time is ticking
The greats’ Dane
The story of Burton and Gielgud’s famed Broadway production of Hamlet has been turned into a West End play
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective
The never-ending question
Jonathan Gullis may still be in the middle of his parliamentary question
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
Jonathan Glazer’s speech was an affirmation of Jewishness
Critics who accuse him of denying his identity have things backwards
The problem with puberty blockers
Ministers must step in to prevent the NHS from experimenting on children
First impressions
The first Impressionist exhibition was no obscure bit of posturing, but artistic sedition
How NatCon was saved
An attempted cancellation flopped in Brussels — but the bad taste remains
Elgar’s excellence
Elgar: Symphonies (Halle/Oehms)
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
