Longevity
The problem with e-mortality
Techno-utopians are failing reason and failing technology
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
It’s the economy, stupid
The US election was another reminder of people’s biggest political priority
Stories worth telling
Untold Stories (Hyperion)
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Anti-extremism or opportunism?
The UK government should be more careful to distinguish criminal activities from legitimate opinion
Rocking the Reichstag
Women across the world have been protesting against the bizarre new German self-ID laws
Hot desking
We, the special advisers of the Labour Party, seek justice!
The city and its uncertain plot
Despite fascinating thematic material to work with, Murakami still makes it ploddingly dull
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
Aggers declares — the end of an era
It has been an assured innings, and a long one
