John Milton
Satan’s sedition
Liberty, license and Milton’s multifaceted allegory for Oliver Cromwell
Paradise dimmed
John Milton’s Paradise Lost is the greatest poem in the English language, yet it seems to be fading slowly from public view. Who could write a new national epic?
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
Drying up
How canals retreated into quiet obscurity
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Joe Biden needs a Reagan moment
It is time not just for strong words but for serious demands
The F-word
A serious accusation should be treated with appropriate seriousness
The grim reality of a citizens’ assembly
A seemingly democratic initiative was nothing of the sort
The right must learn from modern art
Marcel Duchamp’s rule-breaking provides real lessons for the right
What became of Tchaikovsky?
Tchaikovsky: 5th symphony etc (ICA Classics)
The illusion of normality in Nikopol
Determination and death on the front lines of Ukraine
Winning sinner
That 1999 Tour needed Armstrong quite as much as he needed it
Can criminals be judges?
Freemasons, extremists, even members of the Garrick Club can be appointed to the bench
