Eamon Duffy
Newsnight and the rapist
The BBC should be embarrassed by its careless coverage of a man who has now been convicted of rape
A monumental work on British buildings
Gavin Stamp’s posthumous book is a magnificent tour d’horizon, a bible of the styles available to architects between the wars
Less will be better
More students have been worse. Some became dons — they have been worse too
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
Equal opportunities fleecing
This blinkered trade’s endless thwarting of talented homosexuals has gone on too long
Shrimp for breakfast in Sapporo
A culinary adventure with Japan’s finest seafood
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience