Mortality
Divine service
Faith and the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
Is it safe?
The torture of our new safety obsessed national psyche
“Bold vision”
An action or choice can perfectly well be bold without being good
Bluesky thinking?
The honeymoon phase of the X alternative could be short-lived
A macabre sense of humour
Ligeti, Bartok: String quartets (BIS)
The reality of assisted dying, an open letter
A plea to MPs to vote against this dangerous law
Rime of the ancient Tory mariner
The lesson of the Conservative conference? Keep your kids away from politics
Killing with kindness
Sentimentality and euphemism cloak the cause of assisted suicide
Marble run
Let’s give up the Elgin Marbles, but not to Athens
Debunking the decline deniers
Armed police at Christmas markets are a bad sign however you look at it
The end of art critics
The critics who are now lackeys of the art world
Complex fractions
Where is the joy and the reward of owning a fractional share in individual art?
Don’t patronise female students
It’s insulting to think that women have to be treated with kid gloves
