Nancy Mitford
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family
As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel
Festive nuts and spice
Nancy Mitford’s 1932 festive novella ‘Christmas Pudding’ is the tonic 2020 is crying out for
Bernard-Henri Lévy
France’s celebrity philosopher, war reporter and professional pessimist
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
With Conservative friends like these…
The Tories have kept elevating their own ideological opponents
Wanted: a plan to reform the NHS
No serious party can sit out the ideological battle over the remorseless rise in public spending, including on health
Are Jewish students really afraid of the Freedom of Speech Act?
Some of have raised concerns, yes, but generalisations are wrong and unhelpful
Splashing the cash
On the complex relationship between art and money
Death on demand?
Euthanasia offers only bad choices to the most vulnerable patients
Fleeing Sally Rooney’s god
Why have critics been ignoring one of the novelist’s most important themes?
The problem with petty scandals
They distract us from state failure and institutional decay
Megalomania
Megalopolis is a gaudy, self-indulgent mess
