Mark Rylance
Reason’s misrule
The revival of Jerusalem reminds us of a still-forgotten England
Rooster booster
Pretty much the whole of Jerusalem is in some way “problematic”, which is why people relish it
Ukraine’s cross-cultural contradictions
Has Ukraine overcome its legacy of historical antisemitism?
Has Israel walked into a forever war?
A brutal conflict seems unlikely to be winnable any time soon
Whisperings of the cruel sea
Britten: Concertos (Orfeo)
Harry Potter and the bourgeois-bohemian dream
Looking back at the dreams and resentments of an ascendant class
The Boy who never grew old
Eric Ravilious’s ethereal watercolours chime with today’s sensibilities
The cowards, the pretenders and the woman-haters
Awkwardness is no excuse for not supporting the gender-critical cause
Giants and pygmies
Some stop-gap leaders of the opposition were never intended to be potential prime ministers
Murders for April
April is the cruellest month, breeding detective fiction out of the dry land
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
The new Irish hate speech law will do more harm than good
New legislation endangers liberty and will not address political division
Two-tier policing?
If the Government caves in on its buffer zone guidance, it will be mandating two-tier policing
