Nations
The fallacy of “British values”
Nationhood cannot be reduced to abstractions
Can the West live without China?
Graham Stewart asks Stewart Paterson whether disengagement from China is an act of self-harm or a sensible stitch in time
War crimes and Western double standards
How can politicians cheer the ICC pursuing Putin but not Netanyahu?
The downfall of the podcast-industrial complex
How did some of our finest podcasters get the election so wrong?
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We found the prawns you so thoughtfully left behind the radiator, but there’s still something here, isn’t there?
The tragedy of Radio 3
The centenary “celebration” of the BBC Singers summed up everything that has gone wrong
A bleak midwinter
For fans watching QPR struggle for the past two decades, it feels like the club is cursed
Exilic yearnings
Miklos Rozsa: violin concerto (LSO Live)
The Bard at Christmas
It is impossible to appreciate Shakespeare without acknowledging his Christian foundations
The grand Budapest hotel
The Hungarian Prime Minister’s office gives Orbán the space to think