Michael Cimino
Liar, crook and Hollywood great
For all Cimino’s flaws, there was still “the vision thing”
Still knocking on the door
For all the promises, subpostmasters are still waiting for compensation
Not a dull phrase
Ethel Smyth: 2nd sonata &c (Delphian)
Two cheers for pedestrianisation
Pedestrianisation cannot solve all of Oxford Street’s problems
A tumultuous decade of ingenious novelties
Did the English Revolution go full circle, replacing one overmighty king with another?
The personal has become far too political
Something has gone very wrong when we are acutely aware of politics
A festival of losing
Will the Republic of Ireland ever face up to its problems?
A book about nothing
A new collection from Adrian Chiles is certainly curious
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
Dance with the devil
Should a museum be a venue for the display of works of art for sale?
Justin Welby should resign
If sin means anything, how can the Church of England hierarchy be maintained?