Jeanette Winterso
Burning the books
Should writers be allowed to destroy their own work?
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Netherworld
The Dutch golden age could be anything but for the painters
Sleepwalking towards abolishing abortion law
How can a crime be a crime if it implies no consequences?
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
Is public health a protected belief?
A new case will decide if prohibitionism in the name of public health constitutes a philosophical belief under the Equality Act
The poverty of miners’ strike nostalgia
We should not romanticise a futile and sometimes thuggish struggle
Childhood reclaimed
Mobile phones have been constraining our kids’ imaginations — but it does not have to be this way
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
The invasiveness of voice notes
Don’t send them, and if you must send them keep them short
The sacred and the profane
Allowing a “Rave in the Nave” in Canterbury Cathedral was a regrettable error of judgement
