David Cannadine
The Spy, the Scholar and the British Academy
David Cannadine’s thoughtful commentary of the Anthony Blunt affair utilises previously unpublished sources
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Pleasure and persuasion
Jean Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7 (Ondine)
The tyranny of memes
Modern would-be assassins are products of the internet
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Soft-Play Britain
Britain’s governing class talks of growth and grandeur but focuses on planters and paint schemes
The great HR survivors
As the DEI era fades, personnel heads live on as senior CEO consiglieri and hatchet-bearers
Farage fumbles
“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”
Department heads must roll
Apologies for gender dissidents are not enough — there must be consequences too
Running out of autobahn
Beijing’s manufacturing strategy is colliding with Europe’s self-inflicted industrial weaknesses
The forlorn hope of growth
Voters are struggling economically but wrongly believe the country to be rich
Grin and bear it
Carelessness and frivolity sabotage any attempt at a serious discussion
A below-par Riley is still better than most
The Palm House by
Gwendoline Riley; My Death by Lisa
Tuttle; Still Talking by Lore Segal
The dog that failed to bark
Jeremy Corbyn hoped the local
elections would be a launch pad for
his new party. Instead, Your Party
has mostly been arguing with itself