MI6
A peerless witness
What will strike readers is the sheer continental range of Norman Lewis’ writing
Back door diplomacy
A fine history of Operation Chiffon
Welcome to Londongrad
We promise to respect Her Majesty’s life tenancy of Buckingham Palace
Most Read
A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Going Green
A day out with Zack Polanski and friends
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The big crunch
How university expansion failed to prepare Britain for the future
Farewell to a gentle jazz-lover
Scholarship trumps zealotry, particularly when it is veiled by modesty
Restoration romps
Purcell, The Musical, OSO Arts Centre, Barnes
Reform should ignore bad faith criticism
The party is not perfect but that does not make all criticism valid
The EU must change course on energy
European industry is finally standing up to irrational EU climate policies
Don’t panic about “Angry Young Women”
Despite everything, most people are still fairly normal
The warlords’ insolence
The Americans must stop blaming Europe for their own mistake
The Boston barbarians
The Boston Symphony acted like a New Orleans nightclub owner with a recalcitrant pole-dancer
Classic is back
Why contemporary art may be losing ground
Breaking the mould
The closure of the Denby pottery factor is an example of short-term political thinking
Leaving the ECHR would not make Britain like Russia
The case for opposing withdrawal is currently intellectually fatuous
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper