Patrick Vallance
Surely the final series
Script writers attempt to spice up “Covid briefings” with the Brazilian variant
If Brady is blocked – what next?
Conservative backbenchers are considering their options
Two men and a Boris
Three is the magic number. Or six. We don’t know what the magic number is
Why Christian culture is essential to education
It deeply informed our art and our ideas
It’s a M.A.D. world in Kubrick’s satire
A drama based around the shaky paradox of deterrence no longer feels like a dusty throwback
Calm down, dears!
Donald Trump offers no threat to Britain’s core ideological commitments and is unlikely to radically change U.S. foreign policy
“Scottish visas” would double down on two failed ideas
The plan offers the worst of devolution and mass migration in one policy
Francis Bacon’s visceral language
Pain and pleasure are never far away in these portraits
Poor conduct
Shostakovich: Symphonies 4-6 (Decca)
Lebrecht’s Album of the Year
Not just a great record but an essential one
Graduation blues
On the sad decline of the British university
Badenoch’s “muscular liberalism” is a non-starter
The Conservative leader sounds hopelessly out of touch
October letters
Misquoting Shakespeare and a rounded sense of humour
A house divided
American partisan divisions are the result of social atomisation
