Geology
A history of the world set in stone
Popular geology writing is as old as the geological sciences themselves
A miserable specimen
The Natural History Museum seems to have lost faith in the ability of children to understand new concepts and facts
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
Sinn Féin sullied the cenotaph
Apologists for terrorism should have had nothing to do with Remembrance Sunday
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Non-euclidean Toryism
The Conservative Party appears somewhat lost
A beguiling star who loved melodrama
Taylor’s hunger for money, flashy gizmos and flashier gewgaws found its echo in Burton’s need to forsake the classics
The case for Badenoch
She has a chance to capitalise on Starmer’s weakness
A taste of history
Travel to Italy to savour the majestic “Barolo of the South”
How Roman women were victimised twice
The victims of abuse could also be degraded by historians
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
