Fred Astaire
The devils that made me a dandy
Joseph Connolly’s enduring passion for sartorial splendour was driven by a childhood addiction to the glamour of TV
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Ending Britain’s childcare arms race
What is the end goal of extending childcare provision?
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
Remembering an Agatha Christ-mas
What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
The spectre of the past
The “Great English Ghost Story” offers a form of comfort and is rooted in the ache of nostalgia for a more elegant era
The ongoing reality of Russian imperialism
People rationalising Russian military intervention are betraying their ignorance of Russian history
The betrayal of Charlie Hebdo
The French intelligentsia has reneged on promises of fearless free speech and embraced a pervasive culture of censorship
Plain Janeites
For all their admirable dedication, keepers of the Austen flame cannot be so protective