Olaf Nicolai
The world’s most beloved oratorio
Hallelujah to that
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The Book of JO’B
James O’Brien’s aggressive incuriosity is becoming ever more embattled as his worldview crumbles
A failed war on fags
The black market has taken over the tobacco trade Down Under
Thank God for Brexit
The EU is a bureaucratic monster and Britain is better off out
I don’t trust the British state
British institutions simply are not functioning in the interests of the people they are meant to serve
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
Lost railway art
Art should matter in all its guises, above and below ground
Profile: Allan Massie
The recently deceased Scots journalist and author
The paté of the Land
Chinese water deer, partridges and paté
An anti-gambling bonanza
Don’t expect a lot of objective and thorough research from a new “gambling harms” organisation
Farewell to an intellectual giant
Patrick Nash pays tribute to the late
David Abulafia, fastidious champion of
Oxbridge’s academic standards
Keir’s logorrhoea
The prime minister has a lot to say — but does any of it actually matter?
The end of anonymity?
The moral norms of the internet are being destroyed by zero sum politics
A step forward for academic freedom
It is time to take the fight to censoriousness in higher education
Profile: Alec Douglas-Home
The quintessential Tory grandee who
was the last of his kind: a politician
motivated by service to his country
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
Two faces of America
Copland: 3rd symphony, Walker 5th (LSO Live)