Kilkenny
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
A new low in anti-vape scaremongering
There is no great risk of oral cancer among vapers
Britain is still safe for Jews
It may be far from perfect — but where would be safer?
War on Nazis in Oz and in the air
LeBor reviews Our Dad the Nazi Killer and Masters of the Air
Everyone should be ashamed over Princess Kate but me
They spread unhinged fantasies while I asked sensible questions
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Snook dazzles as Dorian Gray
Wilde’s preoccupation with beauty and artifice brings a sassy Victorian immorality tale into our own times
How dark can humour be?
Laughter — even laughter about morbid things — is part of what makes us human
Escaping Plato’s goon cave
Vision Pro illuminates the telos of modernity and the narrowing of human experience
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
On the deceptive use of words
We must be very careful with redefinitions of commonly understood words
