Minsk
The untalented Mx. Ripley
In a story of a fiendishly successful performance, Eliot Sumner proved an extremely unconvincing man
How capitalism gave women leisure
Feminist anti-capitalists are spinning delusions about economic history
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
Budgets are overrated
Taxation and spending make little difference while Britain is unable to build
A great conductor leaves the stage
No conductor from China or Japan ever commanded world orchestras before Seiji Ozawa, and none has since matched his impact
Realism is not the same as self-pity
There is a limit to how much women can physically protect themselves from men
The Scottish Government are being bad eggs
State institutions should not be encouraging a potentially painful and dangerous procedure