Inspirations
Transports de joie
En route back to childhood at the Wallace Collection
Writer Dodie Smith’s influences were far from Primrose Hill…
Instead of the chocolate-box pink stucco houses of Primrose Hill, it was the castles and cottages of Suffolk which served as Smith’s inspiration
The government is failing Northern Ireland
Its reputation will be stained forever by the Northern Ireland Protocol and the Windsor Framework
Left and right hooks
Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak exchanged sloppy blows as Lee Anderson found a warm welcome in the stands
Mirabel Chevenix
Grande dame
The false prophets of war and turmoil
All eight of Whatmore’s subjects would have been astounded by the
stability of the British state through the 19th century
In memory of Lord Cormack
Britain has lost a wise and dedicated public servant
The first rule of Plot Club is…
The Tories are absolutely, definitely, certainly not scheming to replace Rishi Sunak
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
There is a lushness to this expanded Letters
There is frequent reporting of local news, often betraying a hobbit-like
preoccupation with the availability of beer
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
