Irony
Town vs clown
Claudia Savage-Gore baulks at the idea of decamping to the shires
Chucking out time
Why are Ministers with private offices happy to deprive backbench MPs of staff?
The thorny problem Christianity and Judaism never address
Why do Christianity and Judaism still find it so hard to get along?
The Polish Government’s animal welfare plans have created a political crisis
Poland votes to ban fur farming and ritual slaughter
From major to minor
Who’s minor and who’s major reveal the power of collective prejudice
Will Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the UK?
The prime minister sees himself as the greatest unionist that has ever occupied Downing Street, yet it is he who is bringing the Union to the brink
Evelyn Waugh was right: British politics went wrong in the 1920s
Why do Waugh’s political works remain either caricatured or ignored?
Why Victor Davis Hanson thinks Trump will win
The classicist and military historian makes the case fo the president – and a second upset
Public exams are the only fair way to test pupils
Cancelling exams would only widen educational inequality
Did Boris deliver?
The Prime Minister would prefer to overpromise than exceed expectations
Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem (DG)
Benjamin Britten’s Sinfonia da Requiem covers a gamut of moods, from pity to passion