Guy Verhofstadt
The fall of the House of Rejoin
A popular cause has withered into an elitist dinner club
The horrors of VAR
Technology is making the beautiful game less beautiful
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The British state is failing to protect women
Misogyny, rape and sectarian violence go increasingly unchallenged in the UK
The Meloni effect
How the Italian prime minister could reshape European politics
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain
