F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Vladsby
Like Gatsby, Putin’s self-destructive nostalgia will be his undoing
Size isn’t necessarily substance
Gatsby aside, F. Scott Fitzgerald — the Jazz-Age chronicler — is dispensable
Why you don’t want to be an F Scott Fitzgerald flapper
What kind of world did F Scott Fitzgerald create for his heroines a century ago?
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
The elusive Seiji Ozawa was Japan’s greatest peacemaker
Farewell not just to a conductor but to a generous man
World Budget Day
On World Book Day, Jeremy Hunt tried and failed to dress up as Nigel Lawson
The BBC feeds us bad science
We can’t even trust the Beeb to tell us about the basic facts of motherhood
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
Less than an animal?
It is surely wrong that animal foetuses enjoy more protection under the law than human ones
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
Nova’s diary: Everything’s different now
Rishi is helping our neighbour, Big Jeremy, with his sums
Wragg must go
He should resign or be fired
A judicial defence of religious liberty is long overdue
Christians should not be discriminated against because of their religious beliefs
Miriam Cates is right about surrogacy
It is a fundamentally dishonest and exploitative practice
