Paris
The knife and the bone
After war and repression, Iranian dissidents believe the regime’s reckoning is near — but Tehran’s influence reaches far beyond its borders
Eine kleine Berlinermusik
Berlin! Berlin! Berlin! (Bis); Love Maps (TXYart)
The painter with the X factor
Be careful what you wish for
The grand tour
Sex and the cities
Buried trésor
Wherever French see merde, there’s someone over the Manche to appreciate a picturesque glitter
Saints and sinners
The dotty suggestion the Queen be canonised is an expression of a hope she will not be forgotten
Liverpool, lies and France’s shame
The Stade de France fiasco bodes ill for forthcoming international sports events
Hilary Hahn: Paris (Deutsche Grammophon)
Hahn’s finely honed skills as a violinist are seldom in demand on this one-star album
Art in Paris under Covid
Mark Le Fanu goes to the Musée Nissim de Camondo, the Marmottan, and the Musée Antoine Bourdelle
The literal gaze of James Tissot
An exhibition of the work of the 19th century painter James Tissot has opened in Paris
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Tame Impala fails to impress
unconquered by a
taste of Crusader food
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
Remembering 2020
It is important to remember what an irrational and hostile time it was
Too starstruck to see Marilyn’s faults
Only Some Like It Hot endures, though not because of anything Monroe does in it
Devolution has been a disaster
Wales, and the United Kingdom at large, are weaker for the devolution project
Leaving it all in the ring
The great British bullfighting hopeful, Alexander Paul
The injustice of early releases
The government is failing victims for the sake of political convenience
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
An artful chip
Any penalty is at heart a psychological battle between taker and keeper
Reimagining the people’s palace
A building that deserves to be admired as an example of intelligent and sophisticated urban planning
The name game
Nominative determinism is a rich seam to be mined in sport
Scotland’s biggest legal scandal
Hundreds of men could have being denied their right to a fair trial because of a justice system that rules important character evidence inadmissible
Outside the box
why traditional topiary is
making a comeback