Obituary
David Graeber (1961-2020)
A requiem for the radical anthropologist
D10s is dead
Argentina is as sad as it’s ever been after the death of legendary footballer Diego Maradona
The extraordinary life of Jan Morris
The end of one writer’s life as a vivid dream
When Brexit was unfashionable, he was there
Lord Stoddart of Swindon, 1926-2020
The art of the obituarist
In the wake of the Guardian’s controversial obituary of Peter Sutcliffe, Alex Larman considers the nuances of writing obits
Requiem for my neighbour: Robert Fisk (1946-2020)
Remembering the veteran Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk
Peter King: a man of many talents
Remembering the great British saxophonist and prize-winning maker of model aircraft
The man behind the Monster
Bernd Fischer and the need for precision
The best of Heads
Sir Eric Anderson employed the best and let them get on with it
Rescue specialist
He had a particular skill with those who had fallen foul of the system
What are our cathedrals for?
Changes to the management of cathedrals have obscured the very point of their existence
Let there be love
Filmmakers have fallen out of love with romantic movies, but it’s time to bring back passion to the picture house
Disbanding St John’s Voices would be cultural vandalism
Modern bureaucrats should leave our choirs alone
The EU’s war on Hungary
As news breaks of secret EU plans to cripple the Hungarian economy, who can still believe it respects national sovereignty?
Britain needs eccentric thought
Lewis Goodall is wrong about the “radicalisation” of the Tory right
Off with the fairies
Unsurprisingly, the most brilliant of all English music-theatre pieces are mostly overlooked
J.K. Rowling and the very Freudian fandom
Many Harry Potter fans feel a strange compulsion to hate the thing they love
Hollowed-out Humanities
The tyranny of DEI, the canard of “decolonisation” and the rise of the bureaucrats
Addressing misogyny must include addressing trans activism
Against the wokewashing of sexual objectification
Musical no man’s lands
Two violin concertos fail to inspire
Preparing for the worst
How gender critical commentators are preparing for the impact of the Hate Crime and Public Order Act
