Donations
When the left loves billionaires
Why does only right-wing funding count as “dark money”?
Why are political donations suspect?
Donors pay twice: with their money and by having their reputations tarnished
History will judge us on gender
How can the modern world tolerate such absurdity?
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Exhibiting military history
Four new exhibitions offer vivid insights into different experiences of war
Great Lives — great, The Essay — awful
Radio 3 maintains its course towards self-destruction
Who judges the judges?
Judges, whatever their gender, need sufficient judgement to maintain neutrality and political impartiality
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
Unobtrusively superlative
A quietly brilliant Chelsea staple where the food practically tap dances off the fork
The other Camus
The controversial author’s work is filled not just with anger but with autumnal regret
Jamie Tradescant: highbrow sports journalist
Jamie’s articles are not simply a riot of historical and philosophical allusions — no, they are all about style
A talented pianist and a battered piano
Bezhod Abduraimov: Shadows of my ancestors (Alpha-Classics)
Why Labour has the best history books
Labour continues to blunder down that long blind Blairite alleyway, unable to turn back or find an exit
