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The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
More drama, less news
An element of fiction can bring insights and humanity that pure non-fiction lacks
GB News must save itself from itself
The channel can do important work if it gets out of its own way
London’s lamps live on
Thanks to the dedication of the Gasketeers, a beautiful tradition has been saved
Playfulness and tedium
Stravinsky, Petrushka; Debussy, Jeux and Prelude (Decca)
Make architecture art again
Attractive architecture should draw from the past while looking to the future
The case for Christian converts
Don’t let allegedly bogus conversions cause you to forget that real ones exist
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Synaesthesia
Robert Thicknesse, Lucy Lethbridge, and Yehuda Shapiro return for a mind bending and spirit expanding episode of Critical Mash
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
William Wilberforce and England’s forgotten saints
The Clapham Saints and their efforts to reform British manners have been unjustly and unwisely forgotten
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Music for a warm bath
Bloch, Bruch, Dohnanyi (Claves)
