Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
Chill message of Booker shortlist
The contempt of publishers for middle-class life and values is diminishing the novel
A passionate battler for buildings
A manichaean choice between the organic adaptation of old buildings and the beauty of the new
Public sector pay
Bumper pay rises for doctors and teachers are bound to result in higher inflation
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Democracy is being undermined in Northern Ireland
Brussels and London are both being reckless about Stormont
A rebel advance in Syria is nothing to cheer
You don’t have to sympathise with Assad to think that the alternative would be worse
My “state of the nation” book
England’s Mean Unpleasant Land: How the Tories, Trump and TikTok Screwed Up Britain
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
