Monarchy
The sacred Coronation
The ancient ritual at the heart of a very modern ceremony
Monarchy re-enchanted
The new Coronation liturgy underlines Charles III’s sacral kingship
Ritual, not pageantry
Understanding the Coronation
Crowning moment
The Coronation is more than a magnificent piece of theatre
Modernists can be monarchists
Radical composers are not out to smash the system
Ententes cordiales
The King causes controversy
December/January: Letters to the Editor
Carry on, pomp and circumstance and cultural Marxism
Make a spectacle of oneself
Don’t skimp on the coronation; the monarchy is a drama that speaks to all our hearts
Why Germany mourned our British queen
While few Germans lament the loss of their own emperors and kings, they admire the British idea of monarchy
Rebuilding a monarchy and a nation
Austrian lessons for the reign of Charles III
The case for duelling
A Modest Proposal: If yes to assisted suicide, then why not duelling?
Lucy Letby’s defenders have failed
They have not provided cause to doubt her conviction
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
Knife-edge of the Western world
Vilnius is a serene western capital on a critical eastern frontier
The half-forgotten promise of the Jubilee Line
The London Underground line points the way towards a better future
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Towards a hospitable environmentalism
Green ideas must transcend misanthropy and austerity
Hush, nepo baby
Such colourful champions of free speech should be treasured rather than ridiculed
War returns to Kursk
Could the famous WW2 era battlefield be yet another military turning point?
Leave our pubs alone
New public health proposals are missing the pint
