Hilary Mantel
People of Colour television
How to unpick the progressive contradictions of colour-blind casting
Thomas Cromwell’s reputation
MacCulloch and Mantel have revealed a better side to the controversial Tudor statesman
Embrace your inner exile
How can we appreciate art in alienating times?
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Izzy Hardcastle
Ornament of the book-world
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Are we being misled on Georgia?
Claims of electoral fraud are serious — but they have not been substantiated
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
Disability is not an identity
Long before trans rights lobby, disability activists were denying biological reality
On the death of pets
It is not losing a human, but it is losing a loved one
The case for Jenrick
He can reform the party and take on Labour
