David Abulafia
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Operettas for the apocalypse
As we career merrily ever deeper into the end-times, what is the appropriate soundtrack for civilisational collapse?
Poor old Carmen
This update of a classic from the Royal Opera House is a reminder of why messing with great pieces is so risky
The Church of England is practicing a secular religion
Equality, diversity and inclusion can be prioritised over religious faith
Regency romance
Small human moments cut across the centuries
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Pen pusher
My fascination with fountain pens
Free speech in free fall
As British freedoms are continually eroded, much of the liberty lobby seems to have nothing to say
A “lost” novel better left unfound
We’re a long way from touchstones One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera
Those WhatsApp groups in full
Thirteen reasons to ban politicians from smartphones
Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
