Ken Dodd
Beyond the floppy fringe
It’s no laughing matter that our grotesque, contemptible political class is so out of touch
Mean genius of comedy
Alexander Larman on Happiness and Tears: The Ken Dodd Story by Louis Barfe
Poland was and is right about Russia
Opposing Putin isn’t hawkish, just realistic
Pomp and circumstance
A Venetian Coronation, The Gabrieli Consort, St John’s Smith Square
Tribes of Westminster
Steve Baker MP, Christian Libertarian
British piano concertos (Lyrita); British music for strings #3 (CPO)
A prawn cocktail of exceptionally competent music to enjoy on Easter Sunday
Stop insisting the West is as bad as Russia
Critics of the democratic world are unwittingly spouting Kremlin propaganda
June: Letters to the Editor
Ukraine provides the best argument for why countries should not lightly discard nuclear weapons
A successful account of the disastrous
When the Dust Settles is a record of an achingly human response to chaos and emergency
Who is feminism for?
A controversial new book argues that gender-critical feminism is bigger than the trans debate
Last swipe at the Proms
Is it time to give a grudging nod of acknowledgement to the BBC Proms?
Zut alors! Ten Per Cent is no Call My Agent
The remake of the French original is rather merde
Compulsory voting — the solution to our gerontocratic crisis?
Young people have been written out of British politics: it’s time to let them back in