Musa Okwonga
Sparks, glitterballs and masterworks
The greatest works of fiction published this year
BBC Verify’s Bangladesh blunder
In trying to combat misinformation, the BBC has spread its own
A leadership bid you can’t refuse
Kemi Badenoch goes on a charm offensive
Wagner: the long and short of it
Creativity consists in destruction, in turning the composer inside-out, in making fun of him.
Foul play
David Peace’s new novel is about much more than football
There is no “Woke Right”
A new attempt to delineate the boundaries of acceptable opinion has failed
Piano in wartime
War poems (Somm)
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying
Franco-Irish vigour
Augusta Holmès: Symphonic poems (CPO)
The iconoclast’s last defence
Artistic excuses for Just Stop Oil are confused and opportunistic
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
