Fanfare for Europe
In with a bang. Out with a whimper
The state bankrolled nationwide celebrations for Britain joining the European Community. Not so the leaving party.
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Post-truth medicine
Gender clinics offer a charade that relies on the symbols of evidence-based medicine
The uneasy aftermath of the Austrian elections
Will the Austrian establishment close ranks against the Freedom Party?
Nothing to declare
Labour have done nothing wrong, but they’re going to stop it
The Warburg refurbished
The institute used to feel intellectually introverted
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
Donald Trump should not heed the call of foreign policy hawks
The world is not split neatly between good guys and bad guys
Labour’s economic policies are incoherent
Labour risks collapsing under the weight of its own inner economic contradictions
Church visits and garden walks
From sumptuous architecture to delightful landscaping