J S Bach
De-Goulding: an incomplete coda
Part two of Mahan Esfahani’s deconstruction of the modern association of pianist Glenn Gould with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Justin Trudeau’s heartless hypocrisy
Has the Canadian premier’s shameful silence been bought with Tigray gold?
The case for dismissal
Apologies are the end, going is the start
Why are we supporting Ukraine?
A cautionary note about vicarious war
Britain, 2049
You’ll own nothing, and you won’t be particularly happy about it
Herbert Butterfield: A prophet for our age?
The Whig interpretation of history explains much that is malignant in modern progressivism
Death of a sporting hero
Lester Piggott was the greatest jockey — bar none
The Sexual Revolution has failed Generation X women
More freedom won’t cure the disease
Who should run the RSC next?
Someone has to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Sound and fury signifying nothing
The pomp of the Queen’s Speech failed to mask the flatness of it all
The bacchanalia of Kawanabe Kyōsai
This exhibition at the Royal Academy revels in the artist’s versatility
Send in the spivs
War offers so much more in the way of profitable procurement than even the pandemic