Earl of Strafford
The Favourite
Why Boris can’t bring himself to part with Dom
The true lie of the land
Landowners are reviled as enemies of the environment by the Jacobins of the green movement but these Poundland Robespierres are simply blinded by prejudice
Sexy simplicity
For February, try a palette cleanse
Apologies are useless without action
It is nice that Gillian Keegan has acknowledged reality, but it is not enough
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Recasting the Crown for modern Britain
This progressive historian’s real charge against the monarchic institution is one of “complacency”
Preaching to a dwindling choir
Once the default denomination of tycoons and the WASP elite, America’s Episcopal Church is struggling
On conservative despair
It is hard to escape the sense of tremendous national loss
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Must we keep failing universities alive?
History is full of institutions which could not justify their own existence
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
Beethoven: Nine symphonies+ (Decca)
This Beethoven gift set is not for Christmas. It is for life
