Pageantry
In praise of pomp and pageantry
We must not have a stripped-down coronation
A bad man writes a worse book
Alastair Campbell’s new book is beneath the level of the bargain bin
Lone danger
One certainly wouldn’t expect anything resembling loyalty from the wolves running “Theatreland”
Critic election day special — William Clouston
We look at one of the election’s untold stories — the emergence of a revived SDP
Cancellation of a Brazilian artist
Dissenting opinions on transgenderism can inspire attempts to erase careers
Why tech execs don’t give their kids phones
Gen Z’s brains have been “rewired” by the online world —can they be restored to factory settings?
The Conservatives deserve credit on sex and gender
They were slow to respond to institutional capture — but they did respond
War, peace, and architecture in Munster
A welcome if flawed history of Irish architecture
On Américanisation
French life is being transformed by the influence of American culture
Why civility matters, even when it’s hard
Swallowing our pride is better than political violence
JD Vance’s tech policy is a MAGA microcosm
Does JD Vance hope to restore the Jeffersonian tradition of freedom?
A spy’s afterlife
John le Carré’s work and life still haunt British culture