Elgar
I’m a Classic FM convert
Ignore the snobs, trip the light (music) fantastic and bask in the shameless joy of Classic FM
The shadowy economics of fentanyl
One professor is investigating how the deadly drug trade works — and how it might be fought
Therapy is making children ill
What would really help children’s mental health is talk about resilience
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Postcards from before the war
It is no longer possible to reflect upon Israeli culture as if the “Question of Palestine” could be brushed aside
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
The sadness of Sceptical Man
Emotion need not entail irrationality, and fence-sitting need not involve wisdom
Why not the Taliban Line?
These new overground lines are not sufficiently progressive
The unromantic truth about tortured poets
Taylor Swift is idealising the grim realities of the lives of poets
Beheading a pigeon
For all its quirks, bushcraft offered valuable insights into modernity and tradition
The sculptor’s funeral
The death of Imogen Stuart represents the passing of an Ireland that built, rather than destroyed
