Everyday Lies
Capturing the wrong picture
Why bother with accuracy when you can get away with approximation?
Sins of omission
Taking statistics out of context is a dangerous games, says Theodore Dalrymple
Mission misstatements
What is at your core?
Parliament’s Dragon’s Den
The former inaugural chair of Parliament’s Backbench Business Committee recalls its first ever meeting
Can we help Belarus?
We may not know how best to help Belarus, but it would likely not hurt to look as if we might make an effort
The Royal Navy in the front line against slavery
It is wilfully forgotten that the Royal Navy was central to ending the slave trade
All that glitters is not gold
Why the “Decade of Health” campaign has left the UK feeling cold
Ms Harris would like to speak to you
The Democratic VP candidate’s officious manner betrays a bureaucratic vindictiveness
Excl: Belarus opposition leader says “all action” UK is “example to the world”
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: The UK’s strong support against Lukashenko is better than EU which “cannot bring itself to agree”
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
John Williams in Vienna (DG)
Zero stars for the vacuous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Concerto (CPO)
If Norman Lebrecht goes a month without hearing Weinberg he feels the loss
Protect veterans from vindictive prosecutions
The Overseas Operations Bill may prove Britain’s breaking point with the ECHR