Mariss Jansons
High Drama on the Podium
Norman Lebrecht on the late, great Mariss Jansons who died on December 1st
A playwright who aims big
Anne McElvoy on writers and players who can transfer skills to the small screen from the big stage
Are conservatives losing?
Conservative parties may be good at winning elections but have they lost the argument?
How I discovered Germany
Daniel Johnson on how he found a lost love for the Germans
Reflections of a scientific humanist
Michael Shermer’s new book is a collection of skilful elucidations of academic ideas
Democracy muzzled
Peter Hitchens says Covid masks are a potent symbol of the West’s headlong flight from Enlightenment values
Is test and trace really this government’s greatest failing?
Angela Rayner’s PMQs debut was passionate, and strangely nostalgic
Letter from Washington: After RBG
The death of a great American shakes up the race for the White House
No direction from directors
Music directors who fail to provide any direction in times of crisis
Is Boris Boris’s worst enemy?
Let’s ask Michael. Where is Michael? Who put that knife there?
Eugenics and the intellectual left
To what extent should we separate an artist’s work from their period, character and ideas?