Michael Foot
The conspiracy illusion
Marianna Spring is looking at the finger, not the moon
No questions about the woman question, please
Activists are even being excluded from conversations about activism
Between the devil and the deep blue sea
A substantial and growing minority of Americans hate both presidential candidates
The big winner of recent opinion polling is despair
As we approach the next election, few people are optimistic about Sunak or Starmer
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
Ukraine can still triumph
It needs, and deserves, Western patience and solidarity
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
Keep your shirt on
Don your white shirt with a flash of scarlet à la the fashion bitches
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Don’t just do something, stand there!
Three new books resist the modern cult of busyness
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards