Hobby
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
Crake and ales
Patrick Galbraith hears a rare bird but fails with the rod
The potting shelf
You can grow without a garden
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Four women seers in a time of strife
Eilenberger’s design is to present philosophy outside the lecture theatre in its life-transforming power
Social media and the neoteny trap
The aesthetics of adolescence can be a distraction from the grim potential of the future
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure
Essential all-embracing warmth
Gidon Kremer: Songs of Fate (ECM)
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
Parents are being hypocritical about smartphones
Yes, kids use their phones too much, but what about adults?
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Ferrari and the terrible joy
Michael Mann’s Ferrari shows how ambiguity and contradiction fuels us
Hero of the hour
Giles Watling asked the question that was on nobody’s lips, as he rushed to the Prime Minister’s rescue
Torygeddon
The Conservatives face an extinction level election, but there’s still time for some prehistoric bloodletting
