Gustav Mahler
The sadder side of summer
Tragedy struck Gustav Mahler, the archetypal summer composer, in 1907
Vanishing worlds
Round-up: what do these books tell us about literary culture in 2021?
The wisdom of the old traditions
The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning
This won’t hurt Boris more than it hurts you
I trust you’ve brought enough of that public spending for everyone?
Obsessed by fantasy football
To enter a Fantasy Football season is to be as one with Donald Rumsfeld prior to the Iraq War, but with less insight
Professional denouncement for private opinions
We need to think twice before saying chambers can’t take on a barrister due to private opinions previously expressed, says Andrew Tettenborn
Match of the dull
How Match of the Day needs modernising
In at the Domination
The controversial top-level adviser sets the record straight about his role in Creation
The slow death of the New Forest
The New Forest today is treated as a playground to be bent to the whims of the visitors, rather than a reserve that must be cared for
Cancelling Christians
Billy Graham wouldn’t be welcomed into Britain today
Conflicts of interest
Labour, like the Church, may never reconcile the different views of all its supporters