Lim Yunchan
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think
AI is a terrible poet
It has no sense for true meaning and beauty in language
In defence of the stiff upper lip
Emotional reserve in public does not mean neglecting our interior lives, it means being serious about them
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
“Trope” is not a synonym of “lie”
You cannot dismiss an argument by calling it a trope
What does it mean to be Christian?
We are in danger of reducing faith to the shallow depths of personality and politics
Ireland must accept the Cass Review
The Republic is ignoring the disturbing evidence about youth transition
Their work here is done
British politicians are very proud of their role in Syria, whatever it was
After Covid
English towns have a long road to economic recovery
History unmakers
Our national treasures are morbid symptoms of a country in decline
Don’t bite the hand that feeds the birds
The government’s flawed biodiversity analysis endangers successful state-funded schemes
