Jazz
Meet me at Ronnie’s
A new BBC documentary captures the spirit of the club that made London a global hub for jazz
Peter King: a man of many talents
Remembering the great British saxophonist and prize-winning maker of model aircraft
Yardbird: 100 Years of Charlie Parker
Dominic Green looks at the immortality of jazz saxophonist, Charlie Parker
Make high culture popular again
We need to face the music and embrace the highbrow
On the King’s Road to ruin
The decline of commerce on Chelsea’s celebrated street is a worrying sign for London
How the Navy built Britain
Culmination of a magisterial work that entwines the story of the Royal Navy with the scientific, cultural and social history of our nation
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
The opportunism of anti-police activists
Continued agitation around the death of Chris Kaba is inexcusable
Revising Roman rottenness
The monsters of old can teach us about the monsters of today
Is Keir Starmer coming for Twitter?
A campaign group with close ties to Labour Party reportedly hopes to “kill Musk’s Twitter”
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
A broken Reed
Who did Steve Reed MP annoy to be sent to face the outrage of the farmers?
Eighteen questions for Kim Leadbeater
Questions that all MPs should be asking
Patostreamers and the decline of public life
A depressing new trend reflects the impoverished state of social existence
