Obituary
Remembering George Steiner
Today Arendt is only read by academic cultists – Steiner by the public
Roger Scruton’s Faith
The admirer of Christ who never quite became a follower
Building Scrutopia
Sir Roger Scruton and the architectural establishment
Sir Roger Scruton – The Last Commission
Sir Roger Scruton’s superhuman approach in the last months of his life
Clive James, the Kid from Kogarah
A tribute to the late Clive James, by David Herman
The best of The Rest Is …
Sequel podcasts are emerging with the inevitability of sprouts from an old potato
How to win at Chopin
Giving marks to people playing Chopin is no different from deciding on medals in gymnastics
A Freudian slip
Was Golden Age Vienna the birthplace of the modern mind?
The enigma of Englishness
The English have debated their national nature for centuries
Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?
It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment
Staying in place
How history and heritage enrich our surroundings
Rishi goes a-wooin’
The Prime Minister was an extremely nervous suitor trying to impress some very sceptical rural in-laws
Stopping the devolution ratchet
More devolution will not solve the worst consequences of devolution
W.S. Gilbert
A wildly funny and slyly subversive comic genius who deftly skewered the mores of Victorian England
A bitter pill
Women and girls are losing medical advice and safeguards in the name of “freedom”
This is not where I live at all
Cynthia Erivo’s slighting of Sunderland was indicative of British arts establishment beholden to a homogenous, Americanised vision of culture
