Jonah Lomu
Year’s mind: James Small and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
ASH Smyth reflects on South Africa’s historic 1995 Rugby World Cup win
Power to the pigs and les keufs
France is competing with the UK to be every bit as draconian and liberty-infringing
Memories of a massacre
Rinder’s documentary is the kind of television at which the BBC excels, says Adam Lebor
The gifts that keep on giving
Part of the magic of Christmas is how it pulls you back towards your home—if not physically, then at least in spirit
Is Boris immune to Tory MPs?
The Kent Covid is moving the goalposts
The musical prophets that could see into the future
The ability to predict musical developments far in advance suggests different expressions of a single underlying logic of tonality
The Republicans’ reality problem
MAGA cultists are leading the Republicans into unreality
Britain’s love affair with port
Henry Jeffrey’s recommends a selection of port for Christmas 2020
The completion of a revolution
A brief history of how the ERG got Britain to the point it left the EU
Armin Laschet, Germany’s next Chancellor: Pro-China, Pro-Putin, Pro-Assad?
As China rises and Russia rattles its sabre, the Germans will hope that the younger generation have as much ease learning Mandarin as Merkel’s generation did English
Transatlantic (Orchid)
Much of the appeal of this Covid-era recital by violinist Callum Smart and pianist Richard Uttley lies in the effort they invest to find common ground