Georgia
Land of ghosts and legends
In search of Crusaders in chainmail and a city of the dead in the Caucasus Mountains
What the Russians may be eating in Tbilisi
Georgian cuisine is a rose with few thorns
Stalin’s last laugh
Joseph Stalin has been recast in Russia not as a bloodsoaked tyrant, but as a strong, effective leader
Georgia on my mind
There is an exodus of Muscovites with money to Tbilisi and Turkey
Giving noticing a bad name
Observing factual differences is not the same as leaping to conclusions
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
What is academia without scholarship?
Research is an essential feature of academic life
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
Women MPs should be representing women’s interests
It was ludicrous to talk about microaggressions in the aftermath of an alkaline attack
Remembering an Agatha Christ-mas
What maintains our fascination with the worlds of Agatha Christie?
Light from darkness
Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family and Social Class by Rob Henderson
In defence of British theological education
Critics should be more optimistic about the new generation of ordinands
Crocodile Keir
For all of Sunak’s shoddy timing, Starmer’s opportunism was pathetic
Laugh to hide the tears
Rishi Sunak was desperate to appear on top form before the Liaison Committee
Men deserve single-sex spaces too
The campaign against the Garrick Club is tiresome and opportunistic
