Peerage
The stroppy appeal
#Justice4Nads
We are failing rape victims
The vulnerable are sacrificed to indulge the entitled
We need more Lord Lebedevs
Evgeny Lebedev’s peerage should be celebrated – other members of the Lords have much closer links to the Kremlin.
Sean Scully in France
He’s been showered with honours and awards — yet plenty of people can’t stand his work
Paved with gold?
Why towns were a magnet for aspirational Englishmen
For Heaven’s sake, not Robert Jenrick
He’s the ideal candidate if you want the Conservatives to lose
The failure of the Irish nerve
Politicians are not acting and the public are not forcing them to act
A craven surrender
The handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius represents a mindless and unjust capitulation to a foreign power
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East
Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy
Impressive yet unmoving
Franz Schmidt: 4 symphonies (Naxos)
Shades of Gray
Never underestimate the mysterious yet powerful Sue Gray
Keir’s junk politics
Keir Starmer is trying to reform the public, not the NHS
The same old song
A reboot of nineties favourite Le Caprice is more museum than restaurant
