Marie Antoinette
Let them eat filberts
The new owner of Antoinette’s jewellery will not just get exquisite gems but a provenance that is equally perfect and poignant
The art of violence
High jinks in the Groucho Club are small beer when compared to the misdeeds of their artist ancestors
Is Britain closed for business?
Stacks of extra administration will make it even harder for businesses to turn a profit
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
The Royal British Legion’s day to forget
The “Pride poppy” demeans what should be a dignified occasion
A recipe for decline
This budget will do nothing to lift Britain from its doldrums
Don’t Cry for Me, Diego Garcia
A small island is in trouble, foreigners are probably up to no good, and the Tories are yomping to the rescue
How H&W hit the iceberg
The opportunism and ineptitude that brought Belfast’s shipbuilding industry to its knees
More than just noise
Berg, Schoenberg, Webern: Piano works (Warner)
Death by a thousand cuts
The near-invisibility of the Proms on BBC TV is a symptom of the collapse of public service broadcasting in Britain