Orvieto
Well, well, well
The amazing discovery of a thousand Orvieto pots in a water shaft
Josephine Tey, woman of mystery
Deeply private, her elegant and sharply engaging writing has often been wrongly overlooked
Do hurt people hurt people?
This popular cliché attempts to be generous but ends up implying that victims are tainted
A decade of economic disaster
Only one verdict is possible: Conservative rule has been a comprehensive failure
A dentist’s appointment for Liam
Rishi discovers he is more appealing to the voters when he’s not there
What does the Scottish Hate Crime and Public Order Act really say?
Misunderstandings are the fault of Police Scotland and government ministers
Making art of the Holocaust
As dramatic opera, The Passenger inhabits a grey zone of guard–prisoner relations
When classicists attack classics
Sanskrit isn’t the only ancient language to be affected by academic imperialism
In praise of centibillionaires
When people are free to make a lot of money from new businesses, everybody wins
Singers have a voice, too
Study of the Western canon is often reduced to a politicised debate: power and patronage versus individual genius. The truth is far more complex
Open season
I’m trying to stick to wild game, venison and native beef— and monogamy too
The Irish should reject the new hate speech bill
It threatens free speech while offering dubious benefits for society
