Party conference
Reflections on a ravaged conference
There is a chance here for the rebirth of the right
Democracy contra the majority
What does democracy mean if it is not related to the popular will?
Small talk and big asks
Men’s mental health is a serious matter — but it is wrong to expect people to be lifesavers
Alan Bennett at 90
From the small screen to the stage, Alan Bennett has been the poet of awkwardness and isolation
Save St John’s Voices
The glorious tradition of British choral singing should be defended
And the band played on
Cash crisis in the arts — what’s new?
Every argument for Israel
Answering the case against Israel point-by-point
Put the money back into politics
Business and politics rubbed along much better before restrictions were introduced
Hellenism in Rome
Children of Athens is an absorbing romp through Greek (and Roman) history
The Met is watching you
We are passively accepting the development of a society of hyper-surveillance
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
Murders for May
Killings in the new Japan, family feuds in India and the novel menace of AI
