Dorian Gray
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
Tragedy, comedy and an Italian parable
Three great novels capture a moment of change for society
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
Cities of the mind
19th century English towns live on in our collective imagination
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)
Labour’s move to ban speech on abortion won’t stop outside clinics
All dissent on the subject is being problematised if not criminalised
Why young men like Donald Trump
He cuts through the sterility and severity of modern life
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Boris the Innocent
The Johnsonian lexicon has yet to incorporate the word “responsibility”
Making a difference
Over the past five years we’ve been keeping things civilised
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
Does vaping do more harm than good?
It seems improbable
