Dancing
The power of the pageant
Our enchanted, sometimes absurd, monarchy is one of the last focuses of common cultural experience
Havana heartbeat
How a stiff, gangly, middle-aged Englishman fell for the seductive rhythms of Cuba
The only thing to do is dance
When things are desperate, you don’t want to be the audience, you want to be the show
When the farmers took on Starmer
It was an inspiring day in London as farmers resisted Labour’s class warfare
French lessons
Macron’s centrist coalition has not only led the country to paralysis, but is itself threatened with implosion
Save nursing from the universities
There is no need for nursing to be a graduate only occupation
Donald Trump doesn’t know what a woman is, either
Believing that the sexes are different does not mean appreciating their humanity in full
The decline of industry
English towns faced unique new challenges following deindustrialisation
A nuclear nothing?
Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine hot air, or an explosive new factor in world affairs?
Which country?
Our rural landscape is much misunderstood
We must resurrect the symphony
Or the orchestra will die with it
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
Too many silences in this book about music
The hazy treatment of what “music” even entails falls flat
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
