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
No happy endings
Our worst sin has been to be weak, rather than merely to be wrong
This vision glorious
Let us allow the glory of Easter to touch our daily lives
All smoke and no fire
An Impact Assessment on prohibiting cigarettes is unconvincing
Rugby’s debt to Mrs T
Rugby league was transformed from a fringe working-class activity into part of national life
Too much disinformation
Mariana Spring is back, with another series to set the songbirds a-twitter
Taking Pride
If sexual orientation is not a choice and therefore nothing to be ashamed of, then it can be nothing to be proud of either
Very public introspection
The content of “misery lit” is disturbing, but what purpose does it serve?
Why the Intellectual Dark Web has failed
Internet ideologues have yet to formulate a coherent vision to turn their ideas into action
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
Do not sanction the truth
Stating biological facts should not be cause for heavy-handed complaints proceedings
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
