Ian McKellen
Why I “took the knee”
Following a brief loss of balance in a London watering hole I ‘took the knee’ – but that doesn’t detract from the symbolism
The gossip must go on
Lockdown tales from our showbusiness mole
The Mirror of #MeToo
Luciano Garbati’s new work expresses a widespread decline in symbolic literacy
Leo Weiner: Divertimentos (Naxos)
Music from the Hungarian educator who shaped the sound of the modern American orchestra
The normalisation of Trump
Due to the Democrats’ efforts to foster division, Trump still has a fighting chance
Why observe the laws the EU won’t?
Brussels has a very distinctive attitude towards its sacred legal order
Et tu? The grim fate of the usual suspects
Peter Stothard’s depiction of the demise of Caesar emphasises the humanity of the emperor’s killer
Is Saul Bellow Martin Amis’s true father?
Reviews of Martin Amis’s new book prove that the best questions are the ones that no one asks
France, Mali and military coups
French interventionism in Mali has fostered little stability
1945 at 75: Labour’s Very Reasonable Revolution
Anthony Broxton looks back on the election win that Labour now aspire to
Why Scotland needs a new party
How the Alliance for Unity plans to defeat the SNP in the bitter battle for Britain
A spy all along
Morton Sobell went on trial for espionage with the Rosenbergs. His devotion to communism fascinated me