Octopus
Monster Munch
It’s time to embrace a Galician classic
The problem with public sector procurement
The Social Value Act has brought questionable benefits and serious costs
Tragicomedy at the UN
The limp United Nations cannot be trusted to support the victims of tyranny
Gorgeous George returns
George Galloway was delighted to be back — but was anyone delighted to see him?
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
Of course women support women
Men are angry about where women’s money is going? What’s new?
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
The truth is out there
Henry Staunton is dismissed as dangerously “erratic” by the powers that be, but he may just be telling the truth, no matter how weird
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
A masterpiece in miniature
Taneyev, Schumann: Piano quintets (Signum)
The stench of Chanel No 5
Set mainly in Nazi-occupied Paris, The New Look tells the story of Coco Chanel and Christian Dior
