Oxfam
Oxfam’s heart of darkness
The story of women in third world countries being abused by charity workers recurs with worrying inevitably
The demise of the second-hand bookshop
Why Oxfam bookshops, as tremendous as they are, may be the end of the second-hand bookseller
Was the Budget stupid or malicious?
It is going to fuel youth unemployment
Keeping your head may just save your soul
Hyperreality meets holocaust denial in the insanity of the social media age
The price of victory
Benjamin Netanyahu has won battles, but there is no foreseeable end to the war
Femcel fantasies
“The Substance” is an accidentally revealing film
An excess of Fauré
Gabriel Fauré: Violin concerto (Naxos), Complete piano works (Calliope)
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars
Dancing with Beethoven
Beethoven: String Quartets, vol.2 (Chandos)
Kimchi culture
A new gallery pursues a pungent kind of artistic and intellectual renewal
It is good to challenge kids
That which makes us anxious can also make us strong
Good, mostly clean, fun
The Boys from Syracuse, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
