Dystopian
Touch of dystopia
Are we facing a Ballardian dystopian future of waning human touch?
Where do we stand with the twentieth century?
Have our perceptions on the course, themes and events of the 20thC changed? With Professor Jeremy Black
Going Dutch with Rishi Sunak
Can the Chancellor really be all give and no take?
You Know, Thingamabob
A lockdown memoir: Surprising conversations with my father
Age cannot wither them: has the casting of Ian McKellen as Hamlet gone too far?
Does age-blind casting work when adapting Shakespeare?
England’s soft underbelly
Patrick West reviews The Channel, by Charlie Connelly
The price of safety
From school face masks to how to pay for Covid – Tory MPs are getting nervous
Hat trick ball
Help me trace Gunner Costello, the fast bowler who may have survived a Court-Martial
Letter from Washington: Trump is at the mercy of events
2020 has been a humbling year. Convention season was no different
America’s Southern Gothic Moment
Why is the American south still regarded as repository for all the shortcomings of America?
Nikolai Kapustin, Alfred Schnittke: Cello Concertos (Capriccio)
I can imagine Kapustin in the background, smiling at his piano, during this breath-taking revival