Heiner Müller
Freedom fighters
The radical East German playwright Heiner Müller and Michael Frayn have a lot in common
Silk Road splendour
The bare plain is now home to a million souls, their mosques, cathedrals and some very exclusive hotels
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
Why Sergeant Martyn Blake was acquitted
There does not appear to be any case for rejecting the decision of the jury
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
Light in the darkness
In conversation with Nigel Biggar about his career and the work of the Pharos Foundation
The predictability of subverting expectations
What to expect when you’re expecting your expectations to be subverted
In praise of Elon Musk
He deserves respect for his defence of free expression online
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
Forces of nature
Antonin Dvorak: Symphonies (Warner/Pentatone)