Diamonds
Let them eat filberts
The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant
Musical scores
Great passages of play evoke great music
The magical LGBTQ+ myth factory
The LGBTQ+ lobby is making up “scientific” facts to win arguments
The brave new world of Swedish education
What is “post-truth” schooling?
The wine of emperors
The puzzling economics of venison
Frederick the Great and the rise of Prussia
Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart talk about the role of Prussia in the eighteenth century
Children aren’t pets
When did it become okay to degrade children?
And never the twain shall meet?
A lineup of new books tackle the thorny China problem
Private schools are a waste of money
Both Left and Right overstate their effect on educational ability and achievements in later life
A very modern monarch
Rakib’s Britain: The Queen has been a powerful force for unity in a rapidly changing and multicultural Britain
Sacred memory
Brits have lost the habits of respect and reverence
Is the Union breaking up?
Nationalist parties have a vested interest in falling short of independence